Three Israeli settlers killed in the West Bank by al-Aqsa group

Three Israeli settlers were killed and other four other injured in an attack carried out by Palestinian gunmen near Ghoushe Asyoun settlement in the West Bank

The chairman of the municipal council for the settlement Shaoul Goldshtien said that the attack took place at the crossroad where the Israelis were waiting to stop a car carrying the Palestinians. News reports said that al-Aqsa martyrs groups of the Fatah movement claimed responsibility for the attack.

Less than one hour later, the Israeli radio announced that another Israeli was injured when an armed Palestinian opened fire at him north of the West Bank.

The incident coincided with the Israeli occupation forces assassination of Nuhad Abu Ghanem, one official for the Islamic Jihad movement in Jenin, the West Bank

The occupation forces detained on Sunday morning six Palestinian, four of them are activists of the Islamic resistance movement of Hamas and two others: Haitham Bata ( 21 years old) the leading figure in Hamas, and Majdi Amer an official in al-Asqa group.