Lorry driver 'terror attack' in Israel as truck rams into crowded bus stop injuring at least 35 people before being 'shot and neutralised' by civilians

A motortruck driver rammed his conveyance into a crowd of group astatine a autobus extremity successful cardinal Israel connected Sunday, injuring astatine slightest 35 group earlier he was 'shot and neutralised' successful what is believed to person been a panic attack, constabulary said.

At slightest 35 group were injured successful nan incident adjacent Glilot, conscionable northbound of Tel Aviv, which took spot conscionable aft 10am section clip (8am UK time), constabulary said. The onslaught took spot adjacent nan office of Mossad, Israel's shadowy spy agency. 

At slightest six group are believed to person been earnestly injured, pinch galore Israeli news outlet reporting that group were trapped successful and astir nan wreck. Five are successful a mean information and 20 successful mild condition. Additionally, 4 group person been treated for anxiety.

Footage from Glilot appears to show respective people, including aged Israelis, trapped by nan metallic beforehand of nan achromatic truck.  

The unit said civilians astatine nan tract of nan incident 'shot nan motortruck driver and neutralised him', pinch a spokesperson adding that cops are treating nan incident arsenic a panic attack. 

Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that galore of nan injured civilians were aged group who had disembarked a autobus up of a sojourn to an IDF guidelines nearby. 

Preliminary constabulary findings showed nan driver besides deed a autobus that had stopped astatine nan aforesaid location to driblet disconnected passengers, nan constabulary said successful a statement. 

Earlier connected Sunday nan Magen David Adom emergency work said nan incident occurred astatine Aharon Yariv Boulevard successful Ramat HaSharon, northbound of nan commercialized hub Tel Aviv.

Of those injured, astatine slightest 16 group had been transported to adjacent hospitals, MDA said successful a statement.

Officers and ambulances rushed to nan scene, wherever Israeli tv channels showed constabulary cordoning disconnected nan area arsenic medics helped nan injured and a chopper hovered above.

Highway 5 was closed to traffic, pinch Israeli cops asking drivers to usage replacement routes and to debar nan area.  

Politicians, including Israel's curate for nationalist information Itamar Ben-Gvir, person already flocked to nan segment of nan incident.  

The incident comes arsenic Israel holds ceremonies to people nan Hebrew almanac day of nan Hamas onslaught connected October 7 past twelvemonth that sparked nan ongoing wars successful Gaza and Lebanon.

It besides comes arsenic Israeli strikes connected bluish Gaza person killed astatine slightest 22 people, mostly women and children, Palestinian officials said Sunday, arsenic nan Israeli violative successful nan hard-hit and isolated northbound entered a 3rd week and assistance groups described a humanitarian catastrophe. 

Iran's ultimate leader, meanwhile, said Israeli strikes connected nan state complete nan play 'should not beryllium exaggerated nor downplayed,' while stopping short of calling for retaliation, suggesting Iran is cautiously weighing its consequence to nan attack.

On Saturday, Israeli warplanes attacked subject targets successful Iran successful consequence to an Iranian ballistic rocket onslaught earlier this month.

The speech of occurrence has raised fears of an all-out location warfare pitting Israel and nan United States against Iran and its militant proxies, which see Hamas and nan Hezbollah militant group successful Lebanon, wherever Israel launched a crushed penetration earlier this period aft astir a twelvemonth of lower-level conflict.

The Israeli subject said Sunday that 4 soldiers, including a subject rabbi, person been killed successful fighting successful confederate Lebanon, without providing specifications astir nan circumstances. It said 5 different unit were severely wounded.

Netanyahu says strikes connected Iran achieved Israel's goals

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that nan strikes 'severely harmed' Iran and achieved each of Israel's goals.

'The aerial unit struck passim Iran. We severely harmed Iran's defense capabilities and its expertise to nutrient missiles that are aimed toward us,' Netanyahu said successful his first nationalist comments connected nan strikes.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's 85-year-old ultimate leader, said 'it is up to nan authorities to find really to convey nan powerfulness and will of nan Iranian group to nan Israeli authorities and to return actions that service nan interests of this federation and country.'

Khamenei would make immoderate last determination connected really Iran responds.

More to follow.