A Palestinian gunman was killed by police in Israel after he shot one person dead and wounded five others in a rampage through several towns.The attacker, identified as an Arab Israeli citizen in his 20s, struck amid heightened tensions, following a spate of Israeli settler attacks and the deadly shooting of a Palestinian baby.He began by shooting someone at a petrol station near the town of Kokhav Yair, on the Israeli side of the boundary with the occupied West Bank.Several other shootings were reported in two nearby Israeli towns and close to the Israeli settlement of Salit, inside the West Bank.Israel's Channel 12 reported the attacker stayed in his car while shooting, allowing him bring terror upon several locations within a matter of minutes.A photo has circulated online of what appears to be a makeshift submachine gun, also known as the Carl Gustav or the 'Carlo', which was reportedly found at the scene.Eyewitness Shachar Hazon, 27, was on her way to work when she heard gunfire, and sought shelter in a cafe at a petrol station in Kokhav Yair.'I heard a single gunshot, really loud - so loud it actually hurt my ears,' she said. Israeli security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video of him standing next to the attacker's body after he was shot dead by police Israeli security forces gather at a petrol station near the West Bank border after the shooting on Sunday'I looked right and left to understand what was happening, and I saw a man who had just come to refuel, holding his shoulder, because apparently that's where he was hit, and after a few seconds he fell to the ground.'Police said a 35-year-old Israeli man was killed by the gunman, while the Magen David Adom rescue service said five other people were wounded.Two people in their 40s were said to be in a serious condition, while one 61-year-old woman and two men in their thirties were in moderate conditions.Authorities initially feared a series of coordinated attacks, but eventually determined that it was a lone gunman and an accomplice who may have served as his driver.Residents were instructed to stay at home, and children in the area were kept in lockdown at school for at least three hours. The attacker was shot dead by police, and his suspected accomplice was arrested after he tried to stab officers with a glass bottle.Police said the attacker was a resident of the town of Taybeh, but his precise motives were not immediately known.Palestinian militant group Hamas praised the shooting but did not claim responsibility for the attack. A photo has circulated online of what appears to be a makeshift submachine gun found at the scene A 35-year-old man was killed and five people were wounded by the gunmanLocal council leader Oshrit Gani Gonen told Israeli media: 'Since October 7, the scenario we were expecting was terrorists crossing into our towns from over the boundary.'I don't think that anyone imagined that we would discover the attackers were Israeli citizens.'Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the security forces who killed the attacker.His hardline public security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who oversees the police force, posted a video online that appears to show him standing next to the blurred-out body of the gunman.Ben-Gvir said: 'This is the end of every terrorist, this is how it should look.'He recently led an effort to pass a new law that would allow Palestinian attackers to be given the death penalty, and celebrated with champagne after it was passed.Mr Ben-Gvir has come under sharp condemnation from other Israeli leaders for making controversial videos, such as his treatment of flotilla activists who were detained after attempting to break the maritime blockade to Gaza.The West Bank has experienced a surge in deadly violence since the war in Gaza began.Israel has stepped up military operations across the territory, killing hundreds of people.It says raids are aimed at militants, but scores of civilians have also been killed.The October 7 attack killed around 1,200 people and took 251 as hostages.Israel's ensuing offensive in Gaza has killed more than 72,000 Palestinians, including combatants and civilians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.Also on Sunday, at least four Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit a police point in Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.The dead were taken to a field hospital run by the Red Crescent, while at least ten others were wounded.The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the strike, but has said in the past it will target militants that pose a threat to its troops.The October 10 US-brokered ceasefire deal attempted to halt the war between Israel and Hamas.While the heaviest fighting has subsided, the ceasefire has seen almost daily Israeli fire.Israel later closed the crossings with Gaza until further notice over the deteriorating security situation, according to the defence body that oversees humanitarian aid in Gaza, which issued the statement after Iran launched missiles at Israel.Meanwhile, Mr Netanyahu in a cabinet meeting repeated his pledge to take 70 per cent of Gaza: 'We are presently holding more than 60 per cent of the territory, and soon we will reach 70 per cent.'He added that Israel is not allowing Hamas to 'rearm or harm us', in comments released to the media.The head of the US-created Board of Peace that oversees the ceasefire acknowledged last month that next steps in the truce have stalled over the key issue of disarming Hamas.