Ahmed Barkhat carried out the Homesh shooting attack last May, in which Meir Tamari was murdered and Mohammad Hawashin was commander of the PIJ network in Jenin.

In recent months, because of the war in Gaza, the holiest site for Judaism in the country has been the subject of arson attacks.

No one was wounded during the incident which is being investigated, the police said in a post on social media platform X, without giving more details.