A suspected Palestinian attacker has killed an Israeli woman and seriously wounded a man in the south of the occupied West Bank, Israeli authorities say.
The latest attack is part of a sharp escalation in the region in recent months involving Palestinian militants, Israeli security forces and radical Jewish settlers.
It took place on Monday as Israeli forces were already on high alert and searching for a gunman who had killed two Israelis in the northern West Bank on Saturday.
Late on Sunday, Israeli settlers threw stones and firebombs at a Palestinian home south of Nablus near the site of Saturday’s deadly attack, local officials reported, causing damage but no injuries.
Israeli security forces said in the latest attack the suspected Palestinian gunman opened fire at an Israeli car on the main north-south road in the West Bank, near the major city of Hebron. The army said the apparent drive-by shooting killed an Israeli woman and seriously wounded a man as the two were driving.
Images from the scene showed the victims’ car riddled with more than a dozen bullet holes. The gunman fled, prompting Israeli security forces to embark on their second manhunt in three days.
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