UPDATE – 2 Israelis killed in West Bank shooting

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By Osama al-Ghassani

JERUSALEM (AA) – Two Israelis were killed and another was injured in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Israeli media reported.

Two Israelis were critically injured and later died of their wounds in the attack that took place in an industrial area near the settlement of Barkan in the central West Bank, according to the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation.

A third Israeli sustained serious injuries in the attack.

Israeli media said the shooter appeared to be a former Palestinian worker from the West Bank city of Tulkarem.

The Israeli army has launched a manhunt for the attacker.