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GAZA: Two Israelis were slightly injured in an alleged Palestinian gun attack on a bus near a settlement in the occupied West Bank of Israel on Wednesday night, the army said.
The incident occurred near Focus Crossing, adjacent to the Beit El settlement, north of Ramallah City.
An army spokesman said in a statement that shots were fired on a bus running.
"Two civilians were struck by fragments and slightly injured before being evacuated for medical treatment," the statement said.
The gunman or fugitives fled, the spokesman said, adding that "Israeli Defense Forces troops search the area."
Israeli emergency services said that one of the wounded was the bus driver, a man in his thirties, and the other a 35-year-old pbadenger.
The shooting was the latest in a wave of violence in the West Bank.
On Tuesday, a Palestinian woman was shot and wounded after attempting to stab Israeli border police officers with scissors near a gas station near the Alon and Kfar Adumim settlements, at a police station. northeast of Jerusalem.
On Monday, Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian during his alleged badbadination attempt in the Kiryat Arba settlement, east of the city of Hebron.
The violence comes amidst tensions between Israelis and Palestinians following the diplomatic freeze on the peace process and regular demonstrations in the Gaza Strip against the 12-year Israeli blockade on the coastal enclave.
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