Israeli, Israeli, Israeli, Israeli. That’s the one descriptive that dominates all of these stories.
How about Arab? Or, as seems likely enough, Muslim?
Could be a Christian Palestinian, of course, but I somehow doubt it.
Actually, other sources are identifying his name as Elias Abuelazam.
If his first name is indeed “Elias,” there is a strong possibility that he is an Arab “Christian,” at least from a religious identity standpoint.