TEL AVIV - Israeli police said that several people were injured in a shooting in the commercial hub Tel Aviv on Jan 18, while emergency service providers reported that one person was wounded by stabbing.

Salah Yahye, the 19-year-old attacker, was shot dead by an armed civilian during the incident on Saturday afternoon at 4.30pm local time. Magen David Adom, the emergency service provider, said staff were treating one male victim in his thirties who was taken to hospital in a conscious state.

According to a report by the Times of Israel, the attacker has been identified as a 19-year-old man from the West Bank city of Tulkarem named Salah Yahye. He entered the country illegally and was shot

Initial reports by Israeli media suggested the incident involved a shooting, but it was later clarified as a stabbing attack.

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A team of doctors in Israel is preparing for the return of the hostages from Gaza with the expectation that many are likely to have severe, life-threatening complications from spending more than a year in captivity.

Israeli police have said that several people were injured in a shooting in the commercial hub Tel Aviv, while emergency service providers reported that one person was wounded in a stabbing.

Ohad Yahalomi sealed his family in a safe room and stayed outside to guard them with only a handgun on October 7. After over a year in captivity, he is expected to be released.

Israeli police said that an assailant stabbed and seriously wounded a person in the centre of commercial hub Tel Aviv on Saturday, before being shot and "neutralised" by a civilian.The attack came hours before a ceasefire is set to take effect in the Gaza Strip,

As Israel readies to receive dozens of liberated hostages, its citizens and Jews around the world are preparing for some to be deceased.