Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli troops following a protest in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, in the West Bank village of Beita, near Nablus May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamad TorokmanRAMALLAH, West Bank - 13 December 2018: A Palestinian gunman killed two Israelis at a bus station in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Israel's military said, after Israeli forces killed two Hamas fugitives who carried out earlier attacks.Lt. "We are definitely aware of the phenomenon of copycats and our forces are deployed accordingly." "He also pointed to the forthcoming 31st anniversary of the founding of Hamas, on Dec. 14, as a possible factor. Published by the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, it blamed the recent events on Israel's "policy of repeated raids into cities and incitement against the President, and the absence of a peace horizon".

Source: Egypt Today December 13, 2018 12:56 UTC