At least four people were injured in a knife attack in Tel Aviv last night.
The attack took place on the central street of Nachalat Binyamin.
According to the Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency services, the injured are two young men aged 24 and 28 in moderate condition, with injuries to the torso, a 59-year-old man in mild condition and another young man aged 24, also in mild condition.
Israel Police confirmed that the terrorist was neutralized, without giving further details.
According to reports, security forces who arrived at the scene shot and killed the attacker.
Israel Police Commissioner Daniel Levi was dispatched to the scene along with the Tel Aviv police chief and other officers.
The terrorist was identified as Abdelaziz Kaddi, a 29-year-old Moroccan citizen with a US residency permit who arrived in Israel three days ago.
An unverified image showing Kaddi's US residency permit can be seen on Telegram channels.
Kaddi was detained by security at Ben Gurion Airport when he arrived in the country a few days ago but was still allowed entry, a decision the Shabak (General Security Service) intelligence agency said it was investigating.
Kaddi entered Israel on January 18 on a tourist visa.
Interior Minister Moshe Arbel said immigration officials identified Kaddi as a threat when he arrived in the country at Ben Gurion Airport and tried to bar him from entering. He was transferred to security officials for questioning.
“To my regret, they decided to allow him to enter Israel,” said Arbel, who asked Shabak chief Ronen Bar to investigate the incident, something the security agency later confirmed it was doing.
In October last year, two Palestinian terrorists linked to Hamas killed seven people and wounded 17 in the city, where such incidents are rare.
The attack yesterday, Tuesday, coincides with the beginning of a large-scale Israeli military operation against Palestinian terrorist organisations in the town of Jenin, in Samaria (northern West Bank), and when the third day of a truce with Hamas in the Gaza Strip is being observed.
Agencies contributed to this Aurora article