At least one person was murdered and several wounded in central Israel on Sunday in what police are treating as a suspected terror attack.
The mass shooting attack was carried out by a lone terrorist, a Palestinian man with Israeli citizenship from Tayibe, Israel Police Commissioner Danny Levy said after a manhunt was carried out by police and the IDF, the Jerusalem Post reports.
Israel’s Channel 12 reported that the attacker stayed in his car while shooting, allowing him to reach several locations within a matter of minutes.
Ambulances near the scene of a terrorist shooting attack in the town of Tzur Yitzhak in central Israel close to the West Bank on June 7, 2026. One person was murdered and five others wounded in multiple suspected shooting attacks in Israel on June 7, rescuers and the army said. (Jack GUEZ / AFP via Getty)
Residents in the area were instructed to stay at home and children were kept in lockdown at school for at least three hours, according to the regional council head.
A Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) special unit was dispatched. The outlet further detailed:
Following a manhunt in search of further perpetrators, Police Commissioner Danny Levy concluded that there had only been one terrorist.
Israel Police said that it had found the terrorists’ car, which had an Israeli license plate, and the weapon used in the attack.
Security sources continued to scan the area for additional terrorists. Additionally, the IDF has placed a broad closure on Palestinian villages in the area, and is conducting raids in Tayibe.
Magen David Adom Kfar Saba station chief and paramedic Lior Zilberberg explained per the Post report there was a large first responder exercise happening at a nearby town when the report of the terror attack came through.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry confirmed the events.
“We immediately stopped the exercise and left with intensive care vehicles and ambulances to the gas station in Kochav Yair, to Tzur Yitzhak, and to Tzur Natan,” Zilberberg said.
An approximately 35-year-old man was declared dead at the scene by first responders. Two people were seriously wounded and three others moderately wounded in the attack.
Tensions have been high in Israel and the West Bank since October, 2023.
That’s when Hamas-led Islamic terrorists stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7 murdering around 1,200 people and taking 251 as hostages as well as raping and torturing numerous others.
