(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) cupied Jerusalem April 15 - An Israeli settler was killed and a woman and child were wounded Monday evening in a gun attack near the West Bank city of Hebron the Israeli army said. Israeli Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the people were members of the same family travelling to a Passover Seder Israel's (Ynetnews) reported. Police said that the gunfire which came from an automatic weapon had hit the car as it traveled on Route 35 at the junction leading to the village of Idhna. The attack is understood to have targeted several vehicles. The IDF launched an massive manhunt in the area in the wake of the attack. The Israeli troops surrounded Idhna suspecting that the gunmen came from the village and later entered the village itself. Palestinian sources said that large numbers of IDF troops had set up roadblocks at the entrances to Palestinian villages in the Hebron area.
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