The Israeli-occupied West Bank and nearby Israeli towns witnessed several simultaneous shooting incidents on Sunday, leaving at least one man dead and four others wounded, according to Israel's rescue services, Magen David Adom.
Israel's police said they had killed at least one attacker and are carrying out searches for additional assailants. Residents in the area were instructed to stay at home.
The Israeli police also said a suspected shooter in the attack was “neutralized,” without providing further details.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a situational assessment on the shooting attack and is monitoring the situation, his office says.
Following a manhunt, police say officers located and shot dead the terrorist, a resident of the nearby Arab city of Tayibe, reported The Times of Israel.
The officers also located a weapon used in the attack, a makeshift “Carlo,” also known as the Carl Gustav, submachine gun.
The IDF’s report of a second attacker who fled and was later shot dead appears to be erroneous and likely refers to the first terrorist.
The terrorists used a vehicle with Israeli license plates that was illegally on the road, according to the army.
The IDF says it is encircling several Palestinian villages in the area, and has closed off the nearby West Bank crossing.
Israeli military activity, attacks against Israelis in the West Bank, and settler violence against Palestinians have surged in the territory since the war in Gaza began in October 2023.
Over the weekend, Israeli troops shot at a car in the occupied West Bank that they said was accelerating towards troops, killing a 7-month-old Palestinian baby and wounding his parents, the Palestinian health ministry said.