ISLAMABAD: Two Israeli women have been killed and another seriously injured in a shooting attack in the West Bank, the Israeli military and medics say.
The women in their 20s were in a car that crashed after being shot at near the settlement of Hamra, in the Jordan Valley. The third, who is 45, is in a critical condition.
The incident was initially reported as a collision between an Israeli vehicle and a Palestinian vehicle, but when troops arrived they found several bullet holes in the Israeli vehicle, the military said.
The injured woman was taken by helicopter to hospital for treatment.
Israel Police commissioner Kobi Shabtai called on all Israelis with firearms licences to start carrying their weapons.
There has been an intensification of violence between Israel and the Palestinians since the start of this year.
More than 90 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces.
Friday’s attack comes after the Israeli military said it had carried out air strikes overnight on targets linked to the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.
