1st LD Writethru: Israeli man killed, 3 wounded in West Bank attack

JERUSALEM, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli man was killed and three others wounded in a ramming and stabbing attack in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, carried out by two Palestinian suspects who were subsequently shot dead by security forces, Israeli officials said.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

The military said the attack took place at the Gush Etzion Junction, a major intersection in a settlement bloc south of Jerusalem.

United Hatzalah, a local emergency medical service, said the assailants tried to ram commuters with their vehicle before getting out and stabbing people. The group said both suspects were shot dead at the scene and published a photo showing one of them lying on the ground with a kitchen knife beside his hand.

Israel's Magen David Adom rescue service said three Israelis were taken to hospitals: a woman in serious condition, and a man and a 15-year-old boy with moderate stab wounds.

The fatality was identified as a man in his 30s who died of stab wounds at the scene, the service said.

The attack comes amid rising tensions in the West Bank, amid near-daily assaults by Israeli settlers on Palestinians and their property and alongside a fragile ceasefire reached last month in Gaza. Enditem