Palestinian gunmen kill Israeli man near West Bank settlement - BBC News

Thirteen other people were hurt when three attackers shot at vehicles in a traffic jam, police say.

14 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warImage source, ReutersImage caption, The attackers got out of a car and fired automatic weapons at other vehicles on a highway near Maale AdumimBy David GrittenBBC NewsAn Israeli man has been killed and 13 other people have been wounded in an attack by three Palestinian gunmen near an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, police and medics say.

The attackers fired automatic weapons at vehicles waiting at a checkpoint on a highway outside Maale Adumim.

Security forces and armed civilians killed two of the attackers while the third was detained, police said.

Palestinian armed group Hamas praised the attack but did not claim it.

There has been a surge in violence in the West Bank since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, triggered by Hamas's deadly attacks in Israel on 7 October.

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