Two British sisters in their 20s are killed in West Bank shooting 

Two British women were today killed in a shooting in the West Bank.

The women were sisters, one aged 15 and the other in her 20s, the Israeli military said. Their mother, 48, was seriously injured in an attack on their car near Hamra, 30 miles north of Jerusalem.

The IDF said that its forces were blocking roads in the area and ‘had started a pursuit of the terrorists. 

The shooting comes as violence escalates between Palestinians and Israeli forces over clashes at the Al-Aqsa mosque in East Jerusalem earlier this week.

A rocket barrage launched from the south of Lebanon late on Thursday prompted Israeli warplanes to bomb Gaza overnight. While there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, an Israeli military spokesperson blamed the Palestinian group Hamas for rockets fired at Israeli towns.

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Israeli medics and police check a damaged car at the scene of a shooting, in the Jordan Valley in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 7, 2023

An Israeli policeman checks a damaged car at the scene of a shooting attack, in the Jordan Valley in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 7, 2023

Israeli forces gather near the Hamra junction in the northern part of the Jordan valley in the occupied West Bank following a shooting attack on April 7, 2023

Israeli soldiers are seen near the scene where a shooting attack occurred in the Jordan Valley, on April 7, 2023

Israeli medics and policemen check a damaged car at the scene of a shooting attack, in the Jordan Valley in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 7, 2023