Residents of town near shooting scene told to lock themselves indoors

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

A terrorist infiltration alert has been activated in the central town of Tzur Yitzhak amid a shooting attack in the area.

Residents of the town are instructed by the military to remain locked in their homes until further notice.

One person was killed and at least five were injured in the attack, which took place at three locations in the area, close to the West Bank security barrier.

Magen David Adom says it treated two men who were injured at a gas station near Kochav Ya’ir, one of them seriously; a man and a woman moderately injured near Tzur Yitzhak; and two people shot near Tzur Natan.

One of the men shot near Tzur Natan, aged 31, died, and the second man, in his 40s, was taken to a hospital in critical condition, MDA says.

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