Israel summons police and army reserve after car attack

Despite calls for restraint, violence has increased since Israeli police clashed with Palestinians within Al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday, and then Israel bombed both Gaza and Lebanon in response to a missile issued by Palestinian militants.

On Friday, an Italian tourist was killed and seven other tourists were injured when an Israeli Arab drove footmen to Tel Aviv. The assailant was then killed, authorities said.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Melon said the killed tourist was Alessandro Parini, 36.

Israeli police identified the driver as a 45-year-old Arab from Israel's town of Kfar Kasem.

The terrorist “has been neutralised”, an Israeli police spokesman said.

Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, who leads Gaza, said the attack was <x0-neutral and legitimate response” to the “aggression” of Israel at the Al-Aqsa mosque.

Earlier Friday, two British-born sisters, aged 16 and 20, were killed and their mother was seriously injured because the car they were traveling with was a target of shooting in the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Coast.

The Israeli Army said it has started searching for suspects in the attack.

Following the attack on Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah instructed police “to mobilise all reserve border police units” and asked the army “to mobilise additional forces”, his office said.

Police said four reserve border police battalions will be deployed in city centres starting on Sunday, and also units sold but are dislocated in the region of Jerusalem and in the town of Lod, where mixed Jewish and Arab populations live.

Friday's attacks came after Israel carried out air strikes in and shelling Gaza and Lebanon in response to a rocket thrown by the Gaza Strip.

It was the biggest missile attack in Lebanon since Israel fought a 34-day war with Iranian-backed militants Hezbollah in 2006. This is also the first time Israel has confirmed that it has carried out attacks on Lebanon's territory since April 2022.