RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Several Palestinians were wounded during an Israeli arrest raid in the West Bank on Saturday as troops combed the area for suspected Palestinian gunmen who killed an Israeli couple.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said eight people were wounded by live fire early Saturday in the northern town of Nablus. A Palestinian security official said seven members of the Islamic militant group Hamas were arrested. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters.
The Israel military said troops operated in the area but would not elaborate further.
Hundreds of Israeli troops have been deployed to the West Bank to search for the suspected Palestinian gunmen who killed an Israeli couple as they drove home on Thursday.
Multiple shots killed Eitam and Naama Henkin, residents of the Jewish West Bank settlement of Neria. Their four young children, including a four-month old infant, were in the back seat of the car during the shooting but were unharmed.
Hamas praised the attack, but no Palestinian group immediately claimed responsibility for it.
Tensions have flared between Israelis and Palestinians in recent weeks, with much of the unrest focused on Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site, known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, site of the Al-Aqsa mosque.
Israel captured the eastern part of Jerusalem, where the site is located, along with the West Bank in the 1967 war, territory claimed by the Palestinians for their future state.AP
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