A Palestinian gunman opened fire Saturday at an Israeli settlement neighborhood in the West Bank city of Hebron, according to the military, before being shot dead by troops.
Video footage showed the gunman shooting from a cemetery before he was fatally struck.
Suspected infiltration alarms sounded in the area as the Israel Defense Forces said troops were scanning for additional suspects.
There were no injuries in the attack, several hours after which the Home Front Command gave residents an all-clear to leave their homes.
The gunman was named by Palestinian media as Muhammad Nofal, the imam of Hebron’s al-Qassam mosque.
He was also reportedly affiliated with Hamas.
The shooting in Hebron came as security forces in Jerusalem and the West Bank have been on high alert since Ramadan started earlier this week. Tensions were already high between Israelis and Palestinians due to the outbreak of the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza following the October 7 massacre, which saw Hamas terrorists murder about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnap 253.
Palestinians say over 400 people have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank since hostilities broke out, most while carrying out attacks or during clashes with IDF troops during nightly raids that have largely concentrated on a handful of areas in the northern West Bank. However, killings of innocent bystanders have also been alleged.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.