Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Public Security Minister Omer Barlev and Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai all visit Ilka Bar in Tel Aviv, the site of last Thursday's terrorist attack by a Palestinian gunman that left three Israeli civilians dead and 14 others wounded.

The United States has weighed dropping the Revolutionary Guards' terrorist designation in return for some kind of action or commitment from Iran to rein it in but the White House is well aware of "the political sensitivity and price associated" with the controversial move.

M-16 rifles, Kalashnikovs, shotguns, pistols, and sniper rifles are increasingly smuggled across the Israel-Jordan border following the IDF's establishment of a modern and formidable obstacle on the Egyptian border.

The blast in the town of Banaafoul, near the port city of Sidon, demolishes the two-floor building that had served as a municipality building and a scout center for the Iranian-backed terrorist group and the Shiite Amal party.

The officer, who sustains minor injuries, "responded quickly, fired, and neutralized the suspect," Israel Police says in a statement.