At least 1 dead, 37 Israelis injured in Tel Aviv bus station ramming attack

At least one person was killed and at least 37 other Israelis  injured in a truck ramming attack which targeted a bus station in the Glilot area north of Tel Aviv.

The person that was killed succumbed to his injuries after being taken to a nearby hospital.

Israel’s ambulance service, Magen David Adom, said that at least 15 people were in critical condition.

The truck ramming happened on Ahron Yariv Boulevard in Ramat HaSharon near Tel Aviv, Israel's commercial hub. Preliminary police findings showed the truck driver also hit a bus that had stopped at the same station to drop off passengers, the police said in a statement.

Initial reports state that the truck collision in north Tel Aviv injured soldiers who were on their way to military bases.

The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth said that a number of injured people were trapped under the truck and remain in critical condition.

Israeli ambulance services said they were providing first aid to dozens of people in the truck-ramming.

Paramedic Elior Yosef, who arrived at the bus stop after the ramming, said he saw eight people "trapped under the truck".

"A number of further casualties were either lying or walking near the truck," he was quoted as saying in the Magen David Adom statement.

According to AFP, officers and ambulances rushed to the scene, where journalists saw police cordoning off the area as medics helped the injured and a helicopter hovered above.

Israeli media also reported that police shot the truck driver, without adding further information on his condition.

A security source added that the perpetrator is likely to be from east Jerusalem, with his identity yet to be confirmed.

This is a developing story…