An Arab Israeli terrorist opened fire in several locations in a shooting spree in central Israel on Sunday, killing one person and wounding five before being shot dead by security forces, first responders said.

The Magen David Adom ambulance service said it treated two men in their 30s shot at a gas station near Kochav Ya’ir, one of whom was in serious condition; a 31-year-old man and 61-year-old woman shot in the entrance to Tzur Yitzhak, both of them in moderate condition; and another two men shot on the road outside Tzur Natan — a man of about 35 who succumbed to his wounds and a man in his 40s who was in serious condition.

After the attack began in Kochav Ya’ir, sirens sounded in Tzur Natan and Tzur Yitzhak warning of terrorist infiltration and calling on residents to barricade themselves at home.

The three communities, north of Tel Aviv, neighbor each other and lie close to the West Bank security barrier. After the shootings near those communities, the terrorist drove to the nearby West Bank settlement of Sal’it, opened fire on the entrance to the settlement and fled after the local security chief shot back. No one was injured in that incident.

Israeli forces then caught up to the terrorist on the outskirts of Tayibe, an Arab town just north of Kochav Ya’ir, and shot him dead. Security officials identified him as Omar........

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