Surveillance cameras captured the suspected terrorist’s rampage on the Tel Aviv promenade. When the car overturns, an Italian tourist is killed and seven people are injured. Now Israel is preparing for further violence. First, two Palestinian sisters were shot dead in the West Bank – during Friday night the violence continued when a suspected terrorist drove into a crowd on the Tel Aviv promenade. Now Israel has called in all the police and the country’s reservists to strengthen security ahead of Saturday’s holiday celebrations, reports AFP. “The terrorist neutralized” The crazy ride ends with the car flipping over and landing on the roof. When the police approach the vehicle, the man is said to have reached for a weapon, whereupon the police shoot the man dead. Police have identified the driver as a 45-year-old man from the city of Kfar Kassem in central Israel. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas called the attack a “neutral and legitimate response” to Israeli police’s storming of the Al-Aqsa mosque earlier this week. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the police to call in all personnel and asked the army to reinforce with reservists. The EU condemns the violence EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borell condemns the escalating violence between Israel and Palestine, reports Reuters. In a statement, he calls on both parties to call for calm during the ongoing religious holidays. – Israel has the right to defend itself. At the same time, all responses must be proportionate. The EU demands an immediate end to the ongoing violence. Everything must be done to prevent the conflict from spreading, he says in a statement. The statement comes a day after an Italian tourist died and five people were injured in an act of violence on the Tel Aviv seafront. After the incident, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chose to call in border police and personnel from the army reserve.
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The madness in Tel Aviv was caught on film – Italian tourist dead
