Suspected Terror Attack in Israel Leaves One Dead, Five Injured; Gunman Killed

A suspected terror attack in Israel has left at least one person dead and five others injured, according to Israeli media reports. The incident began Sunday morning when a gunman opened fire at a gas station in Kokhav Ya'ir, a town northeast of Tel Aviv near the West Bank border.

Eyewitnesses described hearing automatic gunfire, with one reporting seeing a man fall to the ground. Reports of shootings later emerged from two nearby Israeli towns and the settlement of Sal'it in the West Bank. The fatality is a man in his mid-30s who was shot in Kokhav Ya'ir, while the injured were transported to hospitals with varying wounds.

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I can't remember anything like this happening here in 40 years.

Initially, authorities suspected a series of coordinated attacks involving multiple perpetrators. However, investigations later indicated that a lone gunman, identified as a man in his 20s from the Arab Israeli city of Taybeh, was responsible. He was confronted and killed by police. A suspected accomplice, believed to have acted as the driver, was later arrested after allegedly attempting to attack a police officer with a glass bottle.

The incident prompted security measures, with residents in several areas ordered to stay home and children kept inside schools. Both Hamas and Islamic Jihad, designated as terror groups, praised the attack, framing it as a response to Israeli actions against Palestinians. Israel's ultraconservative National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for the death penalty for those involved, reiterating his stance on capital punishment for terrorists.

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The one who murders a Jew will see the gallows.