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| Two Israeli women killed in West Bank shooting attack | Two Israeli women killed in West Bank shooting attack |
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| The Israeli military said troops were blocking roads in the area and searching for the attackers | |
| Two Israeli women have been killed and another seriously injured in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military and medics say. | Two Israeli women have been killed and another seriously injured in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military and medics say. |
| The women were in a car that crashed after being shot at near the settlement of Hamra, in the Jordan Valley. | The women were in a car that crashed after being shot at near the settlement of Hamra, in the Jordan Valley. |
| The Magen David Adom ambulance service said two women in their 20s were declared dead at the scene. The third, who is 45, is in a critical condition. | The Magen David Adom ambulance service said two women in their 20s were declared dead at the scene. The third, who is 45, is in a critical condition. |
| The military said its troops had "started a pursuit of the terrorists". | The military said its troops had "started a pursuit of the terrorists". |
| The incident was initially reported as a collision between an Israeli vehicle and a Palestinian vehicle, but when troops arrived they found several bullet holes in the Israeli vehicle, the military said. | The incident was initially reported as a collision between an Israeli vehicle and a Palestinian vehicle, but when troops arrived they found several bullet holes in the Israeli vehicle, the military said. |
| The injured woman was taken by helicopter to hospital for treatment. | The injured woman was taken by helicopter to hospital for treatment. |
| Israel Police commissioner Kobi Shabtai called on all Israelis with firearms licences to start carrying their weapons. | |
| "This is a murderous attack that reminds us how relevant the threat of terrorist in its various forms is," he said. | |
| There has been an intensification of violence between Israel and the Palestinians since the start of this year. | There has been an intensification of violence between Israel and the Palestinians since the start of this year. |
| More than 90 Palestinians - militants and civilians - have been killed by Israeli forces. If those behind Friday's shooting are confirmed to be Palestinian, then 17 Israelis and a Ukrainian - all civilians, except for an Israeli paramilitary police officer - have been killed in Palestinian attacks. | |
| Friday's attack comes after the Israeli military said it had carried out air strikes overnight on targets linked to the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. | |
| The military said the attacks were a response to a barrage of more than 30 rockets fired from Lebanon into northern Israel on Thursday, which it blamed on Hamas. | |
| Militants in Gaza, which is governed by Hamas, fired 40 more rockets into Israel after the strikes began. | |
| The barrage from Lebanon followed two nights of Israeli police raids at the al-Aqsa mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, which triggered violent confrontations with Palestinians inside and caused anger across the region. | |
| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| Israel & the Palestinians | Israel & the Palestinians |
| Israel | Israel |
| Palestinian territories | Palestinian territories |
| West Bank | West Bank |