Four Palestinians and two Israelis killed in West Bank shooting - BBC News

Palestinians say villagers came under attack by settlers, while the Israeli military says a Palestinian stole a weapon and opened fire on hikers.

Image source, Magen David AdomImage caption, It was the deadliest incident of its kind in the West Bank for months

At least four Palestinians and two Israelis have been killed in a shooting in the occupied West Bank - the deadliest single incident there in months.

There are conflicting accounts of the sequence of events in the northern village of Tal. Palestinians told the BBC that residents confronted Jewish settlers who were attacking them. An eyewitness said soldiers then arrived and started shooting.

Israel's military said it had responded to reports that hikers had been attacked. It said "terrorists stole the weapon" of a security guard and killed him, before being killed by soldiers. The other three killed were members of the same Palestinian family.

A second Israeli, a soldier, was also killed.