By Steven Scheer

JERUSALEM – At least six people were killed and nine wounded on Tuesday when two gunmen got off a tram in Tel Aviv and opened fire on passers-by before being shot dead themselves by security forces and an armed civilian, Israeli police said.

Police described the incident as a terrorist attack, but Palestinian armed factions or other militant groups did not claim immediate responsibility. Shortly after the attacks, air raid sirens wailed as Iran fired missiles into Israel.

Israel has been on high alert for months as the war in Gaza approaches its first anniversary and the escalating conflict in Lebanon appears set to draw Iran in as well.

Footage broadcast by Israeli television channels showed the two gunmen getting off the train and opening fire on people on the platform. In addition to the six dead, at least nine people were injured to varying degrees, according to police.

According to MDA Emergency Services, paramedics and paramedics at the scene treated a number of injured people with varying degrees of injuries, including some who were unconscious.

Just minutes after the attack, warning sirens sent Israelis scrambling to bomb shelters while Iran fired a barrage of rockets in revenge for Israel’s killing of some prominent leaders of its so-called Axis of Resistance alliance.

Israel’s hardline Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who is responsible for key policy areas in the occupied West Bank, said the attackers came from the West Bank city of Hebron.

In a statement on the social media platform

The war in Gaza began nearly a year ago when Hamas-led gunmen attacked Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostage, according to Israeli sources. According to Palestinian health authorities, Israel’s campaign has killed more than 41,000 Palestinians and also devastated the enclave.

Israel is also fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon to stop rocket attacks on Israel’s north, with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in an airstrike in Beirut last week.

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