Israelis killed in West Bank shooting Incident, armed, said

April 24, 2011, 6: 09 pm EDT by Gwen Ackerman and Alisa Odenheimer

(Updates with comments of the Minister of defence in the fourth paragraph).

April 24 (Bloomberg) - a Palestinian policeman in the West Bank killed an Israeli civilian and four others wounded after opened fire at a "suspicious movement" Office of the spokesman for the Israeli army said in a statement by e-mail.Palestinian officials informed the Israeli army of the shooting and the two parties will hold a meeting to discuss the incident later today, according to the Declaration. The Israelis between the Palestinian city of Nablus, to visit the tomb of Joseph, a sacred site of Jewish, without coordination with the army as required by law, said the statement.The shooting came in the rise of tensions in the West Bank following stabbed to death in March of an Israeli family in their house in a Jewish settlement. Two Palestinians were arrested in the attack. "Minister of defence, Ehud Barak condemned today shooting, the call to the PA to investigate the incident".A blunder in the coordination of security cannot justify such an incident, "Barak said in a statement via e-mail today."

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