Israeli settler attacks in revenge for the deadly Palestinian shooting left one Palestinian dead, many wounded and a trail of destruction through Palestinian towns. Then, a rare Israeli airstrike by a pilotless drone killed three Palestinian militants in a car. Two Palestinian gunmen then killed four Israeli civilians at a gas station before being shot and killed. The events capped a bloody week in the West Bank that left 16 Palestinians and four Israelis dead.Īn hourslong gun battle between Israeli security forces and Palestinian militants in the northern Jenin refugee camp killed seven Palestinians and wounded eight Israeli soldiers earlier this week. The Palestinian Red Crescent said that one of its medics was wounded by gunfire. A local station, Palestine TV, said settlers fired at Mohammed Radi, its correspondent covering the attacks, shattering his camera. Some settlers also opened fire at civilians and medics. Palestinian rescue teams said they evacuated small children who were suffocating and trapped inside a burning house. The Israeli military said it sent security forces to the scene and arrested an Israeli citizen.
Later on Saturday, residents of the Palestinian village of Umm Safa said that some 50 Israeli settlers armed with rifles and flammable liquid stormed through the streets and tried to set fire to at least five homes with people inside. There was no immediate word on the attacker’s identity. According to the Israeli rescue service, two security guards in their 20s were hospitalized with minor wounds - at least one from bullet fragments. Israeli security forces said they shot back, killing the suspected assailant. The Palestinian gunman approached Israeli troops stationed at the Qalandiya checkpoint outside Jerusalem early in the morning, pulled out an M16 rifle and opened fire, the Israeli police said. Elsewhere in the occupied territory, settlers rampaged through a Palestinian village, hurling stones, spraying bullets and setting fire to homes, the latest in a series of settler attacks this week. JERUSALEM (AP) - A Palestinian assailant opened fire at an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank on Saturday before being shot and killed, Israeli police said.
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