Four Israelis killed in W. Bank

Four Israelis were shot and killed on Tuesday in their car Tuesday near the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, Haaretz reported.

Izvor: Ha'aretz

Wednesday, 01.09.2010.

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Four Israelis were shot and killed on Tuesday in their car Tuesday near the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, Haaretz reported. The attack came less than a day before Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet in Washington for a summit to announce the resumption of direct peace talks. Four Israelis killed in W. Bank The attack, for which Hamas has claimed responsibility, shattered years of relative calm in the West Bank. One of the dead was a woman believed to have been pregnant. A spokesman for Hamas' military wing, the Iz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, announced Tuesday that members of the organization carried out the shootings. A Hamas spokesman in Gaza, Sami Abu Zuhri, said the Islamist group praises the attack and considers it a natural response to "the crimes of occupation." A senior PA official who is in Washington for today's official launch of direct peace talks with Israel expressed outrage over the attack and accused Hamas of attempting to thwart the negotiations. The Fatah-dominated Palestinian security forces in the West Bank launched their own investigation into the incident in an effort to track down the gunmen. After the incident, Israeli troops and police were stationed at major checkpoints and junctions along West Bank roads in an effort to track down the gunmen. In addition, the police's operations branch has issued instructions to officers throughout the country to stay alert. The Israel Defense Forces said it had located the gunmen's car. IDF sources said there had been no indications that an attack was imminent. Defense officials now believe that Palestinian terrorist organizations may seek to sabotage the peace negotiations. The authorities are also worried that far-right settlers may try to provoke unrest as well.

Four Israelis killed in W. Bank

The attack, for which Hamas has claimed responsibility, shattered years of relative calm in the West Bank.

One of the dead was a woman believed to have been pregnant.

A spokesman for Hamas' military wing, the Iz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, announced Tuesday that members of the organization carried out the shootings. A Hamas spokesman in Gaza, Sami Abu Zuhri, said the Islamist group praises the attack and considers it a natural response to "the crimes of occupation."

A senior PA official who is in Washington for today's official launch of direct peace talks with Israel expressed outrage over the attack and accused Hamas of attempting to thwart the negotiations. The Fatah-dominated Palestinian security forces in the West Bank launched their own investigation into the incident in an effort to track down the gunmen.

After the incident, Israeli troops and police were stationed at major checkpoints and junctions along West Bank roads in an effort to track down the gunmen. In addition, the police's operations branch has issued instructions to officers throughout the country to stay alert. The Israel Defense Forces said it had located the gunmen's car.

IDF sources said there had been no indications that an attack was imminent. Defense officials now believe that Palestinian terrorist organizations may seek to sabotage the peace negotiations. The authorities are also worried that far-right settlers may try to provoke unrest as well.

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