A man, believed to be Palestinian, was hit by gunfire after entering the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.
Tel Aviv police and ambulance have not been allowed to enter the embassy building to treat the injured man or determine the what occurred during the shooting.
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Police confirmed that a Palestinian man removed all his clothes Tuesday
on Yarkon Street by Turkish embassy when he was shot by an
"unknown individual." A large police response has converged outside the
embassy building and Magen David Adom ambulances were rushed to the
area.
The condition of the Palestinian man is not known.
Yaakov Lappin contributed to this
report.