Israeli government calls up reservists after car attack in Tel Aviv
by Agence France-Presse in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#6AKWE)
Police to deploy extra battalions in city centres as Benjamin Netanyahu also directs army to mobilise additional forces
Israel began calling up police and army reservists on Saturday after separate attacks killed three people, including an Italian tourist and two British-Israeli sisters, in Tel Aviv and the West Bank.
Despite appeals for restraint, violence has surged since Israeli police clashed with Palestinians inside Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque on Wednesday, with Israel bombarding Gaza and Lebanon in response to rocket fire by Palestinian militants.
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