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Palestinian gunmen kill four Israelis in West Bank

21 June 2023 12:13 (UTC +04:00)

Palestinian gunmen shot dead four Israelis near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday in an attack the militant Hamas group said was a response to a raid by Israeli forces in the flashpoint city of Jenin, APA reports citing Reuters.

Four other people were wounded when the gunmen opened fire at a roadside restaurant and a gas station by Eli settlement, emergency services said, and the fatalities included at least one minor.

The Israeli military said it was boosting forces in the West Bank after the attack.

The Islamist Hamas group said the two gunmen were members of its armed wing. One was shot dead by a civilian at the scene and the second by Israeli security forces who tracked him down after he fled the area, authorities said.

"When I got to the gas station I saw the terrorist, I saw him going to a car in which a man was sitting. He shot a round at him," said Morel Nicker, 28, who is part of Eli's security team, from his hospital bed. "I shot him, he shot me. I didn't stop shooting until he stopped moving."