REUTERS/Ammar AwadNEAR ELI SETTLEMENT, West Bank, June 20 (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen shot dead four Israelis near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday in an attack the militant Hamas group said was a response to a raid by Israeli forces in the flashpoint city of Jenin. The Israeli military said it was boosting forces in the West Bank after the attack. Police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for a full-scale military operation in the West Bank and urged Jewish settlers in the area to carry a weapon. U.S.-brokered peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, aimed at establishing a state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, collapsed in 2014 and show no sign of revival. Israel's government is set on expanding settlements in the West Bank and includes members who rule out a Palestinian state.

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Persons: Ammar Awad, Eli, Morel Nicker, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bezalel Smotrich, Itamar Ben, Gvir, Huwara, Israel Tom Nides, Maayan Lubell, Rami Amichay, Nidal, Ali Sawafta, James Mackenzie, Alex Richardson, Angus MacSwan, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: West Bank, REUTERS, Hamas, Bezalel Smotrich ., West, Thomson Locations: Eli, ELI, West, Jenin, Gaza, Palestinian, Israel, U.S, West Bank, East Jerusalem