Israelis say gunman who killed five was West Bank Palestinian

Mourners attend the funeral of Avishai Yehezkel, 29, in Bnei Brak, Israel, om Wednesday March 30 2022. Yehezkel was killed by a gunman in a crowded city in central Israel late on Tuesday (Oded Balilty/PA)

The attacker who used an assault rifle to methodically gun down victims from a motorcycle in a central Israeli city was a Palestinian, Israeli police said.

The shooter, identified as Diaa Hamarsheh, 27, from the occupied West Bank village of Yabad, was killed by police late on Tuesday.