Four Israeli settlers have been killed and as many wounded in a retaliatory attack by Palestinians near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, a day after six Palestinians were killed during a violent Israeli raid in Jenin.
Israeli media reported the casualties on Tuesday afternoon and said that the shooting attack was carried out by “two Palestinians” in a gas station near the Israeli settlement of Eli, located between the West Bank cities of Nablus and Ramallah.
Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post said the two Palestinians opened fire on a restaurant at the gas station on Highway 60 near Eli, leaving four Israeli settlers dead and four others wounded.
The newspaper added that one of the Palestinians was shot and killed during an exchange of fire at the scene of the retaliatory attack. The martyred Palestinian was identified as Muhannad Shehadeh, a member of the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.
Hours later, Israeli forces killed the second Palestinian involved in the West Bank retaliatory attack. He was identified as Khaled Sabah.
