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.

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.

A man was seriously injured in a knife attack on Saturday in the centre of the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv. The victim was taken to hospital, according to a spokeswoman for the clinic treating him.

The Magen David Adom, Israel's national ambulance service, said medical teams were providing treatment to a 30- year-old man "injured by stabbing." A passerby shot the attacker, according to Magen David Adom.

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