Shooting rampage in central Israel leaves 1 dead, 5 wounded

Jun 7, 2026

A Palestinian man with Israeli citizenship killed one person and wounded five in a shooting rampage across several towns in central Israel on June 7, 2026. The attacker was killed by police and an accomplice was arrested. The attack, which occurred amid heightened regional tensions, prompted a controversial video from National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir celebrating the attacker's death and calling for the death penalty for terrorists.

Central Israel shooting rampage

▪Israeli police killed the attacker after a brief chase and arrested a suspected accomplice.
▪The gunman drove between several locations, shooting from his car at a gas station near Kokhav Yair and in the towns of Tsur Natan and Tsur Yitzhak.
▪A 35-year-old Israeli man was killed in the attack, according to Israel's Magen David Adom rescue service.
▪Of the five people wounded, two were in severe condition and three were moderately injured.
▪During the incident, authorities ordered residents to stay home and kept children in lockdown at schools for at least three hours.
▪A shooting rampage in central Israel on June 7, 2026, killed one person and wounded five others.
▪The attacker was a Palestinian man with Israeli citizenship from the Arab town of Taybeh and was in his 20s.

West Bank violence surge

▪Following the attack, Israeli forces closed two checkpoints at entrances to the West Bank city of Tulkarem.
▪A regional council head, Oshrit Gani Gonen, said she did not think anyone imagined the attacker would be an Israeli citizen.
▪The attack occurred amid a surge in deadly violence in the West Bank since the war in Gaza began in October 2023.

Ben-Gvir controversial video

▪National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir released a video of himself standing next to what appeared to be the attacker's blurred-out body.
▪Ben-Gvir advocated for a new law that seeks to impose the death penalty on Palestinian attackers.
▪Itamar Ben-Gvir stated that the attacker's death "is the end of every terrorist, this is how it should look."