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Attack on Tel Aviv: Israel calls up additional reserve personnel

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commanded the mobilization of all reserve units in the military police and army forces following the Tel Aviv incident. According to a statement from Netanyahu's office, the prime minister asked everyone to abide with the security agencies' directives. After a drive-by and shooting attack left one person dead and six others injured in Tel Aviv, Netanyahu made his decision. Keep in mind that the attacker was also dead. Three Jewish female residents in the Jordan Valley had been slain earlier by unidentified gunmen. This was the fourth similar incident in the previous three months. It followed nocturnal hostilities on the western and northern borders. Following a meeting with top security experts, Israeli Defense Minister Yves Galant issued an order to step up security at illegal settlements and settlement movement hubs in the West Bank. The Israeli army's spokesman stated that while Tel Aviv does not desire tension, it is prep...