The military said it was searching for suspects near the town of Hawara which has seen repeated shooting attacks as well as a rampage by Jewish West Bank settlers.
Two Israelis were killed in a suspected Palestinian shooting attack Saturday in a volatile area of the occupiedThe military said it was searching for suspects and setting up roadblocks near the town of, a flashpoint area in the northern West Bank, which has seen repeated shooting attacks as well as a rampage by Jewish West Bank settlers that torched Palestinian property.
The deaths are part of a relentless spiral of violence that has fueled the worst fighting between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly two decades. Nearly 180 Palestinians have been killed since the start of this year and some 29 people have been killed by Palestinian attacks against Israelis, according to a tally by The Associated Press.
The Israeli military said in its statement Wednesday that a commando unit raided Balata seeking to destroy an underground weapons factory when a gunfight erupted.
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