Israel deployed extra troops in the occupied West Bank after a Palestinian gunman shot dead two Israelis and a Palestinian was killed when Jewish settlers rampaged through a village, setting fire to houses and cars
Flames illuminated the sky into the night as dozens of cars were torched and rioters set fire to several Palestinian houses. One Palestinian was shot dead. President Mahmoud Abbas said he held the Israeli government fully responsible for the rampage.
Lamar Abusarees, a 10-year-old Palestinian girl, said her house was among those set alight. "My mother moved us to a corner because there was no safe place, they broke all the windows while we were inside."to de-escalate tensions. The Israeli army said it was still hunting down the Palestinian gunman and would send two extra battalions to the area to thwart fresh attacks and prevent rioting. Police said they had arrested two people.
Gallant ordered Israeli forces to be prepared for all threats and to increase activity. "I call on everyone to restore calm," he said. "We cannot allow a situation in which citizens take the law into their hands." Reporting by Rami Amichay, Ali Sawafta, Ammar Awad, Ari Rabinovitch, Nidal al-Mughrabi, editing by Mark Heinrich and Hugh Lawson
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