Thousands of Israelis gathered on Saturday night across the country, on the eve of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, to demand from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he not resume the war until the last of the 98 kidnapped individuals who remain captive is back home.

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

Israeli police have said that several people were injured in a shooting in the commercial hub Tel Aviv, while emergency service providers reported that one person was wounded in a stabbing.

Israeli police said that an assailant stabbed and seriously wounded a person in the centre of commercial hub Tel Aviv on Saturday, before being shot and "neutralised" by a civilian.

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.