The police have reported that the suspected shooter who wounded 10 in Tel Aviv Thursday night has been neutralized.Police have stated that the shooting is a suspected terrorist attack.

Deputy Superintendent Ami Ben-David, spokesman for the Tel Aviv District Police, says that the police currently believe that the attack In Dizengoff Street was carried out by Ine terrorist."There is a growing belief that this was Ine shooter. We call for people to leave the place and not spread rumors. Large police forces are scanning the entire area, the situation does not allow us at the moment to say that the incident is over," Ben-David said in an interview with Galai Tzahal.

The Yamina party has declared MK Amichai Chikli a defector, in a move which would prevent Chikli from running with any party currently in the Knesset in the next election. The move serves as a warning to party members who may be considering bolting from the coalition as MK Idit Silman did this week.

Security forces were called to the heart of Tel Aviv this evening following a shooting in the city center. At least six people have been wounded in the shooting.

Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai arrived at the scene of the attack in Tel Aviv

2 of the wounded from the Tel Aviv shooting have died, Ichilov Hospital reported.At least eight other victims have been brought to the hospital, four of whom are in serious-to-critical condition.

Security forces surround building terrorist suspected to be hiding in

Police believe the terrorist who carried out the deadly shooting in Tel Aviv has barricaded himself In a roof In Dizengoff street not too far from the scene of the attack