Israel: Several injured in Tel Aviv car ramming (VIDEO)

Several people were injured in a car ramming in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, Israeli media and the Magen David Adom rescue service said.

The rescue service said that at least five people had been injured in the attack.

Police said that the driver had been "neutralized."

.@Tasnimnews_Fa celebrated this scene of a terrorist car ramming and stabbing attacking civilians in #Israel’s Tel Aviv today calling it a martyrdom operation. Tasnim is linked to #IRGCterrorists & EU and U.K. should sanction it as such. https://t.co/XyxmeABq4U

— Jason Brodsky (@JasonMBrodsky) July 4, 2023

The Hamas militant group, which is listed by the European Union and the United States as a terrorist organization, praised the attack as "heroic."

Video from the scene of the car ramming attack in Tel Aviv just now. pic.twitter.com/pbs6O0hCBj

— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) July 4, 2023

The incident comes as Israeli forces are involved in a military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin and its neighboring refugee camp.