TEL AVIV, Dec 27: At least one Palestinian crept into a Jewish settlement on Friday and opened fire, killing four people before drawing retaliatory gunfire which killed him, Israeli military sources said.

“There were four Israelis murdered,” an Israeli military source said. Soldiers, security guards and ambulances rushed to the scene at Otniel settlement, near the West Bank city of Al Khalil.

Israel radio said that the attack took place inside the cafeteria of the fenced-in settlement.

Palestinian militants have often targeted Jewish settlements during their fight for statehood and against Israeli occupation in parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Cries for revenge echoed in Palestinian cemeteries and at a fiery rally organized by the Hamas earlier on Friday to protest the killing of seven Palestinians by Israeli troops in a West Bank sweep for militants on Thursday. —Reuters