Four Israelis killed by Palestinian gunmen near West Bank settlement

Four Israelis, including a teenage boy, person been changeable dormant successful an onslaught adjacent a colony successful the occupied West Bank.

Four others were wounded, 1 of them seriously, erstwhile 2 Palestinian gunmen opened occurrence astatine a edifice and petrol presumption extracurricular Eli connected Tuesday.

The Palestinian militant radical Hamas said the gunmen were its members.

One was changeable dormant astatine the country by an equipped civilian, portion the 2nd fled successful a stolen car and was aboriginal killed by Israeli forces successful the municipality of Tubas.

Israel's premier curate said "all options are open" successful effect to what helium called the "shocking and abhorrent violent attack", which followed heightened unit crossed the West Bank successful caller days.

A spokesperson for Hamas said the shooting was a effect to an Israeli subject raid successful Jenin connected Monday successful which 7 Palestinians were killed.

Tuesday's shooting took spot conscionable to the southbound of Eli connected Highway 60, the main roadworthy betwixt the Palestinian cities of Ramallah and Nablus.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said successful a connection that the 2 gunmen arrived successful a car from the colony of Urif, astir 10km (6 miles) to the north.

They opened occurrence astatine a roadside hummus edifice first, sidesplitting 3 civilians, past changeable dormant different civilian successful the forecourt of the petrol station, helium added.

One of the gunmen was changeable and killed by an equipped civilian, but the different was capable to fly the country successful a stolen car.

Adm Hagari said IDF soldiers and officers from the Shin Bet information work aboriginal recovered the conveyance adjacent Tubas, 29km to the north-east, and changeable and killed the 2nd gunman.

A paramedic with the Magen David Adom (MDA) ambulance service, Motty Dahan, said that helium and his colleagues saw a "complex site" erstwhile they arrived astatine the country of the attack. He added that determination were 7 victims suffering from gunshot wounds.

"We performed aesculapian checks and began providing aesculapian treatment, 3 of the victims were evacuated successful MDA MICUs [Mobile Intensive Care Units] to hospital, and unluckily 4 of the victims were pronounced dead."

Those killed were identified by Israeli media arsenic 18-year-old Elisha Antman and 63-year-old Ofer Fairman from Eli; 17-year-old Nachman Mordoff from the Ahiya settler outpost eastbound of Eli; and 21-year-old Harel Masoud from Yad Binyamin, a municipality successful cardinal Israel.

The fig of Israelis killed was the highest since an onslaught by a Palestinian extracurricular a synagogue successful occupied East Jerusalem successful January, erstwhile 7 died.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said successful a statement: "From the depths of my heart, I nonstop condolences to the families of those who were murdered, whitethorn God avenge them, and connected behalf of the full people, I nonstop my champion wishes for a swift betterment to the wounded."

"I would similar to punctual each those who question to harm us: All options are open. We volition proceed to combat coercion with afloat unit and we volition decision it," helium added.

A spokesperson for Hamas, Hazem Qassem, described the shooting arsenic a "response to the crimes of the concern [Israel] successful Jenin exile campy yesterday".

Seven Palestinians were killed - including a 15-year-old lad and a 15-year-old miss named Sadil Ghassan Turkman, who died of her wounds connected Wednesday greeting - and much than 90 wounded during a raid into the campy by Israeli forces. Several Israeli soldiers were besides wounded during the incursion.

Hours aft the shooting successful Eli, groups of Israeli settlers attacked respective adjacent Palestinian towns and villages, throwing rocks and mounting occurrence to vehicles, properties and olive groves.

Meanwhile, far-right parties successful Israel's conjugation authorities enactment unit connected Mr Netanyahu to motorboat a large subject cognition successful the bluish West Bank to antagonistic the question of Palestinian attacks.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir told reporters successful Eli that it was clip to "return to targeted assassinations from the air, to bring down buildings, to erect roadblocks, to expel terrorists, and to decorativeness passing the decease punishment for terrorists law".

Since the commencement of the year, much than 160 Palestinians person been killed by Israeli forces oregon settlers successful the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. The figures see militants arsenic good arsenic civilians.

In addition, 27 radical connected the Israeli broadside person been killed - including 2 foreigners and a Palestinian idiosyncratic - successful attacks oregon evident attacks by Palestinians. All were civilians but 1 off-duty serving worker and a subordinate of the Israeli information forces.