A Palestinian man with Israeli citizenship carried out a shooting rampage across several towns in central Israel on Sunday, killing a 35-year-old man and wounding five others. The attacker, identified by police as a resident of Tayibe in his 20s, was killed by security forces.
The gunman carried out the shootings from inside his car, which allowed him to reach several locations within a matter of minutes. The number of sites where people were shot initially raised concerns among authorities that there could be multiple coordinated attackers.
Israeli authorities described the shootings as a terrorist attack. While Hamas praised the assault, the militant group did not claim responsibility. The attack took place during a period of heightened tensions following a spate of Israeli settler attacks and the deadly shooting of a Palestinian baby in the nearby West Bank over the weekend.