Three Israelis have been shot and killed, and a fourth wounded, in a settlement in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n
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The station interviewed a resident of Har Adar, an illegal settlement near Jerusalem, who said the gunman had arrived with a group of Palestinian labourers and opened fire on paramilitary Israeli police guards, reports Al-Jazeera.<\/p>\n
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The gunman, identified as a 37-year-old man from Beit Surik, a Palestinian village near Har Adar, was shot and killed after the attack, according to Israeli police.<\/p>\n
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The man, who reportedly carried a work permit for the settlement, approached the checkpoint at the entrance to Har Adar, when he started shooting at the guards, police said.<\/p>\n
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Har Adar is an upscale settlement west of Jerusalem, on the border between the West Bank and Israel.<\/p>\n
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Since September 2015, Palestinians have killed 48 Israelis, two visiting Americans and a British tourist in stabbings, shooting and car-ramming attacks.<\/p>\n
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During that same time, Israeli forces have killed over 255 Palestinians; Israel says most of them were attackers, others died in clashes with Israeli forces.<\/p>\n
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Most of the attacks have been stabbings against Israeli soldiers, primarily in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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