Ten others were injured in the shooting in the Israeli city of Beersheba, which happened as events marking the 7 October attacks began around the world.

The widening conflict risks drawing in the United States, which has provided crucial military and diplomatic support to Israel, as well as U.S.-allied Arab countries that host American forces.

Israel is firing strikes into Lebanon as the conflict in the Middle East intensifies. Israel believes it has eliminated around 30 top Hezbollah leaders over the last several weeks, including Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Friday, U.S. and Israeli officials said.