Israel: One person dies after truck rams into bus stop in Tel Aviv

At least one person died and 32 others were injured in a suspected terror attack after a truck rammed a bus stop in Israel’s Tel Aviv city on Sunday.

The incident occurred close to Glilot Israeli military base.

Eight people are believed to be trapped under the truck.

“A truck hit dozens of people who had disembarked at a bus stop. Eight of the wounded were trapped under the truck and others were lying and walking near it,” a medic told The Times of Israel.

Security forces have cordoned off the area following the incident.

Civilians who were on-scene had shot at the truck driver and thwarted him, the Israel Police reported as quoted by The Jerusalem Post.

Abed Abou Shhade, a journalist from Jaffa in Israel, told Al Jazeera the truck driver is believed to be a Palestinian citizen from northern Tel Aviv.

“The civilians who witnessed the incident killed the driver as soon as they saw who he was,” he told the news channel.

“The police initially framed it as a terror attack. But now they have changed their line, saying the matter is still under investigation,” he added. “Everything is under speculation.”

Hamas put out a statement a short while after the incident, praising the “heroic ramming attack” that was carried out near “Mossad headquarters”, reported The Times of Israel.

Glilot is a crucial region in the Israeli city since Mossad headquarters along with several IDF intelligence units are present in the area.