Two Israelis killed in West Bank gun attack

A Palestinian gunman got out of a car and opened fire at a bus stop outside a West Bank settlement yesterday, killing two Israeli soldiers before speeding away.

The military said the assailant also wounded two other people, including another soldier who was critically wounded. It said troops were searching the area for the attacker and that it was sending reinforcements.

The deaths extended a violent week that started with a shooting outside a West Bank settlement on Sunday, resulting in the death of a baby who was delivered prematurely following the weekend attack, and continued with the killing of two Palestinians wanted in a pair of attacks on Israelis in the West Bank. Most of the recent Israeli-palestinian bloodshed has been concentrated on the Gaza Strip.