The incident was one of the deadliest in nearly a year of fighting in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, and raised the prospect of further bloodshed. 9News
A Palestinian gestures to Israeli military vehicles during clashes in the West Bank city of Nablus.
The army said it surrounded the building and asked the men to surrender, but instead they opened fire. It said all three were killed in a shootout. The Palestinian Health Ministry said of the 102 people wounded, six were in critical condition. Palestinian militant groups claimed three of the dead as members. But a 72-year-old man was also killed. There was no immediate word on whether the others belonged to armed groups.
The fighting comes at a sensitive time, less than two months after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new hard-line government took office. The government is dominated by ultranationalists who have pushed for tougher action against Palestinian militants. Israeli media have quoted top security officials as expressing concern that this could lead to even more violence.In the Gaza Strip, a spokesman for the ruling Hamas militant group issued a veiled threat.
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