On Tuesday, Israeli police said six people were killed and 17 others wounded in the attack, which took place near Tel Aviv's light rail station in Jaffa.

The attack came as Iran fired a barrage of missiles at Israel, sending hundreds of thousands of Israelis into shelters.

Police on Wednesday published the two attackers' names and said they were residents of the Palestinian city of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

The two were armed with an M16 weapon, cartridges and a knife, and continued on foot until police killed shout, it added.

One of the attackers was shot dead and the other was seriously wounded, it said.

Overnight, the Israeli security agency and the army arrested several suspects in Hebron and Jerusalem believed to have aided the two attackers.

Palestinian militants have carried out several attacks on Israelis since October 7, in retaliation to the genocidal war in Gaza and the terrorist Israeli settlers violence in the West Bank.

According to the Palestinian health ministry, Israeli troops and settlers have killed at least 682 people in raids or attacks in the West Bank since October 7.

* This story was edited by Ahram Online.