Israeli settler killed

One Israeli settler was killed near Hebron, south of the West Bank, after Palestinian gunmen opened fire at him from a speedy car.

The Israeli army said that the settler died a short time after he was admitted to hospital following the attack which took place near Beit Haghai settlement south of Hebron. The Israeli occupation army explained that two other settlers were injured in the attack.

This attack came after the commitment made by the Palestinian groups to retaliate the assassination of four Palestinians from the People's Resistance Committees during an air attack carried out by Israeli warplanes against Gaza on Wednesday.

On the other hand, one Palestinian from al-Nuuman village near Jerusalem died because of his wounds after he was beaten at the hands of the Israeli occupation forces in a field near the Israeli Harhouma settlement which is close to the village where the Palestinian lived.

The man was found unconscious after five hours, and his body bears traces of beating, and his head had bleeding in Um Touba town. He was admitted to Hadasa hospital in Jerusalem and died yesterday.