The attack came as Iran fired about 200 missiles at Israel, sending hundreds of thousands of people into public shelters.
The attack - one of the deadliest in the country since the Oct 7 Hamas onslaught - came assending hundreds of thousands of people into public shelters.
“The attack coincided with the painful strikes in the heart of the entity ... executed by Iran,” it said, referring to the Oct 1 evening missile barrage. Earlier on Oct 2, Israeli police said seven people had been killed in the Jaffa attack, with one of the victims succumbing to his wounds overnight.Police said the alleged assailants “began their killing spree when they entered the carriage of the light rail train that stopped at the station and fired at passengers”.
Israeli media identified three of the dead as Israelis and one as Georgian. The others were Greek and Moldovan, their governments said.Palestinian militants have carried out several attacks on Israelis since Oct 7, killing at least 23, according to Israeli official figures.
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