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Steven ⁠Scheer and Alexander Cornwell

One dead, five injured in shootings in central Israel

A 35-year-old man has been killed and five others injured in ‌a series of shootings in central Israel near the occupied ‌West Bank that police describe as a suspected terror attack.

A police spokesperson said ‌on Sunday the suspected gunman, an Israeli Arab from the nearby Israeli city of Tayibe, was also killed and a firearm was found in his possession.

Israeli media reported a second suspect was also killed.

"Large police forces remain at ‌the scene, ‌and searches ⁠are continuing," the police said in an earlier ​statement, urging the public to remain vigilant.

Local media identified the 35-year-old dead man as an Israeli citizen.

Israel's ambulance service said the man died from gunshot wounds.

It described the incident as a drive-by shooting, ⁠with five others injured in shootings at ‌three nearby locations, two of them seriously.

Police said they had located the suspected ​vehicle used.

The ‌shootings took place near the Palestinian West Bank city of Qalqilya. ​

Palestinian militant group Hamas praised the attack but did not claim responsibility.

Israeli soldiers were deployed to one of the sites in central ​Israel ​and to a nearby ​Israeli settlement in the West Bank after ‌the shootings, the military said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been briefed, his office said in a statement.

Hardline Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for a "profound change" among Israel's Arab community, saying they were a "dangerous and extremist ​breeding ground for terrorism".

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