One person was killed and several were wounded in a Tel Aviv "terror attack", Israel's Foreign Ministry said on Friday (April 7), Reuters reports.
Footage filmed on Friday night showed emergency services at the scene, near an upturned car.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service said it had treated at least one person with a gunshot wound.
Israeli police said there also may have been a car that rammed into people in the same area.
An Italian tourist was killed and five other tourists were wounded in a Tel Aviv car-ramming attack, Israeli and Italian officials said.
An Israeli security source identified the alleged assailant as an Israeli Arab from the town of Kafr Qassem.
A police officer who was nearby arrived at the scene to find several people wounded and an overturned car near a popular Tel Aviv promenade.
The officer "neutralized" the driver when he tried to pull a gun, police said.
The car had veered off the street near a popular bike and walking path along the beach.
Reuters video from shortly after the incident showed a white car upside down on the grass of a park.
Police cordoned off the area that was brimming with emergency responders, evacuated the body of the driver and turned over the vehicle.
"We heard gunfire, we saw shots and then we saw people sprinting across the street, and then we heard sirens, and we decided it was time to get out of here," Spencer, an American tourist told Reuters.
"I'm pretty scared honestly... hopefully we can get home as soon as possible," added American tourist Miah.
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani confirmed on Twitter that the man killed was Italian. He said the others injured in the "cowardly attack" may have been from Italy as well.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed police "to mobilize all reserve border police units and has directed the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) to mobilize additional forces to confront the terror attacks," his office said.
Israel's Magen David Adom ambulance service said all the victims in the Tel Aviv attack were tourists.
The police said four reserve companies of border police would be called up in the coming days.
