Israel starts calling up reservists after deadly attacks, including death of tourist
- Despite appeals for restraint, violence surged since Israeli police clashed with Palestinians inside Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque
- An Italian tourist was killed and seven other tourists wounded when an Israeli Arab ploughed a car into pedestrians on Tel Aviv seafront
Israel began calling up police and army reservists on Saturday after separate attacks killed three people, including an Italian tourist, in Tel Aviv and the occupied West Bank.
Despite appeals for restraint, violence has surged since Israeli police clashed with Palestinians inside Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque on Wednesday, with Israel bombarding both Gaza and Lebanon in response to rocket fire by Palestinian militants.
The Italian was killed and seven other tourists wounded when an Israeli Arab ploughed a car into pedestrians on the Tel Aviv seafront on Friday evening and flipped over before being shot dead, police and emergency services said.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni named the dead man as Alessandro Parini, 36. Police identified the driver as a 45-year-old from the Arab town of Kfar Kassem in central Israel.
“The terrorist was neutralised,” a spokesman said.
Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which rules Gaza, said the attack was a “natural and legitimate response” to Israel’s “aggression” in the Al-Aqsa mosque.