CNN —Two Israeli civilians were shot and killed on Saturday in the flashpoint West Bank town of Huwara, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). IDF soldiers have been pursuing the suspects and have set up blockades in the area, the military said in a statement. Huwara, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, was the scene of the fatal shooting of two Israeli settler brothers in February, following that night by revenge attacks by settlers on the Palestinian town. Hamas, the Palestinian militant movement that runs Gaza and is increasingly popular in the West Bank, praised the attack without directly claiming responsibility for it. “The security forces are working diligently to find the murderer and come to terms with him, just as we have done with all the murderers so far.”

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Persons: David Adom, Tomer Gusman, Abdel, Latif, Qanou, Benjamin Netanyahu, ”, –, ” Netanyahu Organizations: CNN, West, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, West Bank, Israel’s Locations: West Bank, Huwara, Nablus, Gaza, Israel