OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Palestinian gunmen opened fire near an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday killing four people, Israeli emergency services said.

The Israeli military said forces were searching for one gunman after another had been “neutralized” at the scene. Israel’s Channel 12 news said the gunman was shot dead. Palestinian officials did not immediately confirm his death.

Israel’s ambulance service said four more people were wounded in the attack.

The West Bank, among territories the Palestinians seek for a state, has seen an increase in violence over the past 15 months with stepped up Israeli raids amid a spate of Palestinian street attacks.