Israeli forces arrest five in West Bank over deadly shooting

Israeli forces arrest five in West Bank over deadly shooting
Mourners gather around the body of Avishai Yehezkel, 29, during his funeral in Bnei Brak Israel, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Yehezkel was killed by a gunman in a crowded city in central Israel late Tuesday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israeli forces in the West Bank have arrested five Palestinians over a shooting in central Israel in which a gunman on a motorcycle used an assault rifle to kill five people.

Police identified the gunman as Diaa Hamarsheh, 27, from the Israeli-occupied West Bank village of Yabad.

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