Two Israeli soldiers were killed today as a result of an armed attack on a military checkpoint in the West Bank, The Times of Israel reports.
Three others sustained minor injuries.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that areas near the location of the attack, from which the attackers came, would be evacuated and the "terror infrastructure" there would be destroyed.
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Two Palestinians opened fire at Israelis in the occupied West Bank on Friday, wounding five people, two of them critically, before Israeli troops shot and killed the gunmen, Israeli authorities said, Xinhua reports.
The Israeli military said the two Palestinians arrived by car at a junction near the settlement of Kiryat Arba, close to the city of Hebron, and opened fire before fleeing the scene, triggering a manhunt.
The two Palestinians were killed in an exchange of fire with troops, and the area had been cordoned off as searches continued for possible suspects, it added.
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