A Palestinian killed five Israelis in the same family, including a baby and a toddler, in an overnight attack in the West Bank, Israeli media reported early Saturday.
An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed to AFP that a Palestinian got into the Itamar settlement near Nablus in the north of the West Bank and attacked a family.
According to the YNet news website, the victims were a baby, two children aged three and 11 years old, and their parents.
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Palestinian security sources told AFP that Israeli soldiers had deployed in the region and said an army helicopter was flying over the area of the attack.
Israeli military radio said that the army had blocked off road in and around Itamar, in the northern part of the West Bank, as part of a search operation.
Tension between Palestinians and Jewish settlers in the area has been extremely tense in recent days.
