Shooting in Tel Aviv market kills four Israelis

Four Israelis have been killed and several others injured in a shooting near Israel's defence ministry and main army headquarters in Tel Aviv, police say.

At least five others were injured in the shooting and taken to the nearby Ichilov hospital.

The incident happened on Wednesday night at the Sarona Market, an area with restaurants and cafes.

In reaction to the attack, Israel has suspended entry permits for 83,000 Palestinians during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.

One of the shooters was taken in for questioning, and the other, who was injured, was taken to hospital.

“The attackers were two Palestinians from the same family from the town of Yatta, south of the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank,” the police said.

According to Haaretz newspaper, the attackers were disguised as ultra-Orthodox Jews.

Since October 2015, increased tensions in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel have boiled over into violence.

In the first half year of 2016, Palestinian attacks have killed 32 Israelis and two visiting US citizens.

Israeli forces have shot dead at least 196 Palestinians.

Tensions over Jewish access to a volatile and contested Jerusalem holy site, revered by Muslims as Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary) and Jews as Temple Mount, have fuelled the violence.