Reuters The car was hit by gunfire from a passing vehicle was it drove along a highway By David Gritten BBC News An Israeli woman has been killed and a man seriously wounded in a suspected Palestinian shooting attack on a car near Hebron in the occupied West Bank. Two dozen bullets were reportedly fired from a passing vehicle on a highway close to the settlement of Beit Hagai. The woman has been named as Batsheva Nigri. A girl who was also in the car, said to be her daughter, was...

Reuters The two gunmen arrived in a car and fire at people at the petrol station and a nearby hummus restaurant By David Gritten BBC News Four Israelis, including a teenage boy, have been shot dead in an attack near a settlement in the occupied West Bank. Four others were wounded, one of them seriously, when two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a restaurant and petrol station outside Eli on Tuesday. The Palestinian militant group Hamas said the gunmen were its members. One was shot dead at...

Reuters The Israeli military said troops were blocking roads in the area and searching for the attackers By David Gritten BBC News 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 Magen David Adom ambulance service said two women in their 20s were declared dead at the scene. The...

Reuters Dozens of cars and houses were burnt by settlers in Hawara, according to a Palestinian official By David Gritten BBC News Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian villages in the northern occupied West Bank, after two settlers were shot dead by a Palestinian gunman. One Palestinian man was killed and more than 100 others were injured in the overnight violence near Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry said. Dozens of cars and houses were also burnt, according to a local...

Reuters The Israeli military said six rockets were launched from Gaza at dawn, five of which were intercepted By David Gritten BBC News The Israeli military has carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants in the territory fired rockets at southern Israel. Six rockets were launched from Gaza at dawn, five of which were intercepted, the military said. Shortly afterwards, Israeli warplanes hit what it identified as two Hamas militant sites. No-one is reported to have...