Two women dead in West Bank attack after Israel bombards Lebanon, Gaza
Jerusalem, Undefined (AFP):
Two Israeli sisters were killed and their mother seriously wounded in a shooting in the occupied West Bank on Friday, hours after Israel bombarded Gaza and Lebanon.
The broadening of the conflict since Israeli police stormed into Al-Aqsa Mosque drew appeals for restraint from the international community but Israel said it would continue its attacks within Lebanon’s territory.
It was the heaviest rocket fire from Lebanon since Israel fought a 34-day war with Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in 2006.
The Israeli army said it had launched a manhunt for the perpetrators of the shooting.
Oded Revivi, mayor of Efrat, an illegal settlement in the West Bank, confirmed the two dead were sisters, adding that the third woman who was seriously wounded was their mother.
The army said the women were fired on in a car as they passed through Hamra junction, in the northern part of the Jordan Valley.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
The attack came after the army carried out air strikes and an artillery bombardment before dawn in response to rocket fire from the Gaza Strip Gaza and Lebanon.
The military said more than 30 rockets had been fired by Palestinian fighters from Lebanon.
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