Israeli police say seven people were killed in a shooting attack in Tel Aviv on Tuesday evening (local time) minutes before Iran’s missile barrage.

Local authorities confirmed the death toll – up one from earlier reports of at least six killed – on Wednesday afternoon in Israel, where it is now 2pm.

Police said two Palestinian men from the Israeli-occupied West Bank town of Hebron opened fire in the Jaffa neighbourhood of Tel Aviv, including shooting directly into a light rail carriage crowded with passengers that was stopped at a station.

Police said the pair had no prior arrests though one had been involved with disturbing the peace at a demonstration. The two men were shot and killed by security guards and armed pedestrians. One of them was armed with an M16 and the other with a knife.

Police and paramedics who responded to the scene treated another 16 people injured from the shooting as sirens blared across the country.

Greece’s foreign ministry says a Greek national was among the people killed.

A ministry statement on Wednesday said the man, whom it did not name, was a resident of Jerusalem.

The ministry condemned what it called a “terrorist” attack and expressed the “deepest sorrow” at the death of the Greek national.

Loading

On Wednesday, locals left flowers and candles at the train stop, where bullet holes peppered the signs and train stop benches.

Maya Brandwine, a 33-year-old resident of the neighbourhood, said she was at a local coffee shop on the street when the shooting broke out. During the subsequent Iranian missile attack she ended up sheltering in a bomb shelter with police carrying out sweeps for additional suspects.

“It’s a nightmare, and we’re starting to get used to it,” she said, blaming the policies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir for the shooting attack and the general situation in Israel.

AP