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Drive-by shootings leave 3 Israelis dead
Associated Press
Published October 17, 2005
GUSH ETZION, West Bank - Palestinian gunmen in a speeding car opened fire on a crowded bus stop Sunday, killing three Israelis and wounding four others in the deadliest attack on Israelis in more than three months, Israeli officials said.
Minutes later, militants carried out a second drive-by shooting elsewhere in the West Bank, seriously wounding one Israeli, officials said.
Also Sunday, Israeli troops shot and killed an Islamic militant and seriously wounded a bystander in the West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli officials said.
Israeli security officials have warned that following last month's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, Palestinian militants would shift their focus to the West Bank.
The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, a militant group loosely affiliated with the ruling Fatah party, claimed responsibility for the shootings.
Amid the violence, Jordan's King Abdullah II promised Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday to continue rallying international support for Mideast peacemaking and offered him help to take control of Palestinian lands relinquished by Israel.
Abbas arrived in Jordan on Friday at the start of a tour that also takes him to Egypt, France, Spain and the United States, where he is scheduled to meet President Bush on Thursday.
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