Police: Palestinian wounds 4 Israelis in market attack


              Relatives of Palestinian Muhammed al-Aqraa, who was killed in an explosion in a smuggling tunnel at the border between Gaza and Egypt, mourn over his body in his family house during his funeral in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Palestinian officials say an Israeli airstrike has killed several Gaza residents in a smuggling tunnel along the border with Egypt. A Health Ministry spokesman says the pre-dawn airstrike wounded five others. The Israeli military had no immediate comment.(AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
Relatives of Palestinian Muhammed al-Aqraa, who was killed in an explosion in a smuggling tunnel at the border between Gaza and Egypt, mourn over his body in his family house during his funeral in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Palestinian officials say an Israeli airstrike has killed several Gaza residents in a smuggling tunnel along the border with Egypt. A Health Ministry spokesman says the pre-dawn airstrike wounded five others. The Israeli military had no immediate comment.(AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli police say a Palestinian has opened fire at a market in central Israel wounding four people.

Spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the attacker was arrested soon after the shooting Thursday afternoon in Petah Tikva.

He said it was "most likely a terror attack" but police are still investigating.

Channel 10 reported three people were injured from the shooting and one person was stabbed.

Since 2015, Palestinian attackers have carried out numerous stabbings, shootings and assaults using cars, killing 41 Israelis and two visiting Americans. During the same period, Israeli forces have killed 235 Palestinians. Israel says most of the Palestinians killed were attackers while others died in clashes with Israeli forces.

Israel says the bloodshed is fueled by a Palestinian campaign of incitement, compounded by social media sites glorifying attackers and encouraging violence. Palestinians say it stems from frustration over decades of Israeli rule in territory they claim for a state.

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