Israel says Palestinian gunmen killed after West Bank attack lauded by Hamas, as Gaza deaths near 30,000 [Video]

Jerusalem — Three Palestinian gunmen opened fire early Thursday morning near a busy checkpoint in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, killing one Israeli and wounding at least eight others, according to Israeli police. The police said two attackers were killed at the scene and the third was later found and arrested.

Tension between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank has soared since Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel sparked the ongoing war in the other Palestinian territory, the Gaza Strip, which has been ruled by Hamas for almost two decades.

Israel’s National Security Minister, ultranationalist Itamar Ben-Gvir, visiting the scene declared that Israelis’ “right to our lives prevails on their [Palestinians] freedom of movement.”

He suggested that officials “need to distribute more weapons” to Israeli settlers in …