A Jewish settler was killed Monday in a drive-by shooting in the West Bank in an attack claimed as revenge by a Palestinian faction whose chief was assassintaed by Israel earlier in the day.
The man was shot while travelling with another Israeli between Ilamar and Eilon Moreh settlements northeast of Nablus, Israeli public radio said.
The third such attack since Saturday was claimed in a statement faxed to AFP by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), whose leader Abu Ali Mustafa was killed in Ramallah earlier Monday in an Israeli rocket attack.
"This attack was carried out by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in immediate response to the Israeli assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa," the statement said, promising that "other operations will follow."
On Sunday an Israeli was killed in a similar incident near the Maggal kibbutz in northern Israel, close to the demarcation line with Israel.
On Saturday night three Israelis, including a married Jewish settler couple, were killed and two children injured in a Palestinian attack near Nablus.
Israel has answered these attacks by carrying out air and tank raids into Palestinian sectors in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, injuring a dozen Palestinians.
The Israeli army reported other violent incidents late Monday.
A Palestinian journalist and an Israeli civilian were injured as armed clashes erupted betweem Beit Jala, on the southern edge of Jerusalem and the Jewish settelement of Gilo, after the army said Palestinian gunmen had opened fire on the settlement.
Sayed Ayad, a reporter with Palestinian radio and television, was hit by a bullet in the shoulder in Beit Jala. The Israeli was seriously wounded .
Bullets hits three apartments in Gilo, causing light damage.
Elsewhere, the settlement of Har Homa on the outskirts of east Jerusalem was also fired on, but no one was injured.
Gun battles also broke out around Bethelem, with Palestinians accusing the Israelis of tank fire, which the army denied.
There was a drive-by Palestinian shooting at the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba near the flashpoint West Bank town of Hebron, which caused no injuries.
It said a number of grenades were also thrown at Israeli army positions in Rafah, on the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, which failed to inflict damage or injuries -- JERUSALEM (AFP)
