Jerusalem - Israeli police on Sunday morning announced the arrest of the suspected terrorist who wounded seven people, two seriously injured which includes a pregnant woman, in a shooting attack outside Jerusalem’s Old City overnight.

Following an hours-long manhunt, police said in a statement that the suspect turned himself in along with the gun apparently used in the shooting. A photo of the weapon released by police showed a pistol on the floor of a car.

The statement did not specify where the suspect turned himself in. Security forces had been carrying out searches in the Silwan neighborhood outside the Old City, where the suspect allegedly fled after firing on a bus and cars close to a parking lot near the Western Wall.

According to Hebrew media reports, the suspect is an East Jerusalem resident who took a cab to a police station where he turned himself in. He was identified as Amir Sidawi, 26. Reports said he had no previous security record, but had been jailed for five years for criminal offenses.

The Western Wall is one of the holiest sites in Judaism. Thousands travel to pray there every year.

Israeli emergency services said the gunman targeted a bus near King David's Tomb and a car park near the Western Wall.

The pregnant woman was shot in the stomach. She had an emergency Caesarean operation, with the baby reported to be in a serious, but stable, condition.

A man with gunshot wounds to the head and neck also remains critical.

Media reports say four of the injured were members of the same family visiting Israel from New York.

In a statement, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid pledged that anyone involved in the attack would "pay a price for any harm to our civilians".

The attack comes a week after 47 people were killed in the Gaza Strip over three days as Israeli forces targeted leaders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and militants fired more than 1,000 rockets into Israel.

The militant group says it lost 12 fighters. Gaza's health ministry said the others were civilians, including at least 17 children.

Israeli officials have said many civilians were killed by PIJ rockets that failed to clear Gaza. They have promised to investigate civilian deaths caused by Israeli fire.

Several Israelis sustained minor injuries as a result of PIJ rockets, most of which were intercepted by the country's Iron Dome missile defence system.
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