“This was definitely a terrorist attack. It was carried out on an ordinary police vehicle and forces are now combing the scene,” said police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld.
There was no claim of responsibility from any Palestinian group for the attack near the town of Hebron.
The number of attacks and casualties in the West Bank has dropped markedly in the past few years. But last month, Jewish settlers shot dead a Palestinian teenager near Ramallah after he threw rocks at their car.
Israel’s flotilla inquiry
Meanwhile, Israel’s cabinet approved on Monday an Israeli inquiry into a deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, a commission set to include two foreign observers after international calls for an impartial investigation.
Angered by the killing of nine Turkish pro-Palestinian activists, Turkey said the inquiry would be biased and reiterated demands for a UN-controlled investigation.
Reuters
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