On the morning of 7 October 2018, a Palestinian gunman opened fire on several Israeli civilians in the Barkan Industrial Park, killing two and critically injuring another.

[2][5][6] IDF forces conducted an intensive two-month manhunt to capture the militant who fled the scene.

[8] The two-months long search for the shooter ended on 12 December when his hiding place was discovered by Israeli security.

The militant was killed on 13 December 2018 after an armed clash with a special IDF force called Yamam in the Askar refugee camp in Nablus.

[9] The shooter, Ashraf Naalwa, 23, from the West Bank village of Shuweika near Tulkarem, was said by security officials to have been planning a new attack at the time he was found and killed.