Several injured in attack on a bus near West Bank settlement

Several people have been injured after a gunman opened fire on a bus near an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.

Three people were seriously injured by gunfire and another person suffered moderate injuries, the Israeli rescue service Magen David Adom reported on Friday.

Other people were injured by broken glass, it said.

The alleged perpetrator opened fire on the Israeli bus, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on X. He was "neutralized" at the scene.

The Palestinian man was reported dead by the Ministry of Health in Ramallah.

The military arm of the Palestinian militant Islamist group Hamas said the attacker was a Hamas member. Hamas has been at war with Israel for more than a year.

According to Israeli sources, the attack took place near the settlement of Ariel in the north of the West Bank.

Palestinians have been carrying out more and more attacks in Israel and the occupied West Bank for some time.

At the same time, there has been a sharp increase in violence by settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank.