A Palestinian stabbed a man in central Tel Aviv Saturday afternoon, seriously injuring him, before being shot and killed by an armed civilian.Police said the stabbing on Levontin Street was a terror attack.

TEL AVIV - Israeli police said that several people were injured in a shooting in the commercial hub Tel Aviv on Jan 18, while emergency service providers reported that one person was wounded by stabbing.

Initial reports by Israeli media suggested the incident involved a shooting, but it was later clarified as a stabbing attack.

According to a report by the Times of Israel, the attacker has been identified as a 19-year-old man from the West Bank city of Tulkarem named Salah Yahye. He entered the country illegally and was shot

A man was seriously injured in a knife attack on Saturday in the centre of the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv. The victim was taken to hospital, according to a spokeswoman for the clinic treating him.

The Magen David Adom, Israel's national ambulance service, said medical teams were providing treatment to a 30- year-old man "injured by stabbing." A passerby shot the attacker, according to Magen David Adom.