5 Killed By A Palestinian Shooter In Tel Aviv, Israel
A 27-year-old Palestinian gunman shot down five individuals on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, Israel.
Lydia Kadima 
According to media reports, this is the third such attack in less than a week as terror attacks escalate in Israel.
On Tuesday, residents in Bnei Brak and the neighbouring town of Ramat Gan said that a guy drove about shooting at passers-by. One was found dead in a vehicle, while the others lay on the nearby streets.
Footage from the scene showed a gunman in black clothing raising his automatic weapon and firing at point-blank range through the passenger window. The gunman was later shot and killed by the police.
Naftali Bennett, Israel's prime minister, called an emergency security meeting, and his security cabinet will meet on Wednesday.
"Israel is facing a wave of murderous Arab terrorism. The security forces are operating. We will fight terror with perseverance, stubbornness and an iron fist," the prime minister said
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas criticised the Israeli killings.
"We express our blessing to the Tel Aviv operation," Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist group that rules Gaza, said of the strike.
The previous assaults by Israeli Arabs happened on Tuesday and Sunday, leaving six people dead, prompting Israel’s security to be beefed up across the country and the West Bank.
The first was carried out by an Israeli Arab who had served a prison sentence for security offences and had planned to join the Islamic State (IS) in Syria. After he drove his car into a cyclist, killing him, the assailant stabbed three people outside a shopping centre in Beersheba, in the southern metropolis of Israel.
Five days later, two more Israeli Arabs opened fire at a bus stop in Hadera, killing two police officers aged 19. IS claimed responsibility for the incident.
All the three assailants involved in these shootings were shot and killed.
Israeli citizens are concerned that the attacks may increase in the coming month, with the celebration of Ramadan, the Jewish festival of Passover, and Easter, which all fall on the same day in an unusual occurrence.
Israeli authorities are still trying to figure out whether the attacks were coordinated or carried out by individuals.
