Two Israeli women killed in West Bank shooting attack

Two Israeli women have been killed and another seriously injured in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military and medics say.

The women were in a car that crashed after being shot at near the settlement of Hamra, in the Jordan Valley.

Local media reported the women who died were sisters in their 20s. The third woman, said to be their 48-year-old mother, is in a critical condition.

The military said its troops had "started a pursuit of the terrorists".

The shooting took place hours after Israeli warplanes carried out air strikes in southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. read more