A shooting attack in northern Israel has killed a 75-year-old man and wounded another, first responders say, with police saying officers had “neutralised” the gunman.

The “ramming, stabbing and shooting” attack, according to emergency services provider Magen David Adom, was the first in Israel since it resumed bombardment of the Gaza Strip last week, breaking a January truce.

A police statement said that “a terrorist opened fire at civilians and was immediately neutralised by police forces present at the scene” at a junction southeast of the coastal city of Haifa.

Magen David Adom said that a 75-year-old man was killed by the shooting, and that the attack also left a 20-year-old man in critical condition.

A paramedic said in a statement that first responders provided “medical treatment to a young man … who had been hit by a vehicle and suffered penetrating injuries in the attack”.