Shooting attack leaves at least 6 dead, 12 injured in Tel Aviv's Jaffa area

Israeli police said six people were killed in a shooting attack in Tel Aviv on Tuesday evening.

Police said two suspects opened fire on a boulevard in the Jaffa neighbourhood in southern Tel Aviv.

Twelve people also were wounded in the shooting.Israel's Magen David Adomemergencyservice said in a statement published on its website that six of those 12 victims were seriously injured.

Police said the two suspects were killed.

The attack came moments before a massive barrage of rockets from Iran sent people intobomb shelters across the country, including in Tel Aviv.

Israel has been fighting a war against the Iran-backed Hamas in Gaza for nearly a year, over which time tensions have also been escalating with the Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.

PM vows retaliation over missile barrage

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahulater vowedretaliation against Iran for its missile barrage on Israel.

"Iran made a big mistake tonight and it will pay for it," Netanyahu said as he gathered his Security Cabinet for a late-night meeting.

Netanyahu said the missile attack was a failure and that Iran would soon learn a painful lesson just as its enemies in Gaza, Lebanon and other places have learned.

"Whoever attacks us. We attack them," he said.