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Multiple Shootings Near West Bank Leave One Dead as Police Kill Suspect

A military manhunt is under way for a reported second attacker with the security minister citing a new law that allows the death penalty.

Overview

  • Police and emergency services responded to shootings in Kokhav Ya'ir, Tzur Yitzhak and Tzur Natan that left one man dead and five people wounded, two of them in serious condition.
  • Officers said they located a vehicle linked to the incidents and shot dead a suspected assailant at the scene while security forces deployed in the area.
  • The army says it is searching for a second suspected attacker and police have kept checkpoints and units in the nearby communities as the hunt continues.
  • National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir declared that any attacker captured alive would face execution under a law passed in March that targets perpetrators of deadly anti‑Israeli attacks.
  • The attacks occurred in towns near the occupied West Bank, highlighting security risks in settlement‑adjacent communities and raising questions about short‑term patrols, arrests and legal responses to further violence.