Four people were killed and seven wounded in a shooting attack in the Jaffa neighbourhood of Tel Aviv on Tuesday, Israeli police said in a statement.

No group has claimed responsibility for the shooting, which occurred just ahead of a large-scale Iranian missile attack on Israel.

The glass siding of the light rail station where two Palestinian gunmen shot up a main street in south Tel Aviv, killing at least seven people, remains splintered. A sign next to it scribbled in marker reads: "They were simply waiting for the train.