Two suspected gunmen were killed by the Israel Defense Forces after a shooting near Judea Junction in the southern West Bank left five Israelis wounded on Friday, according to Fox News. The network's report said the IDF carried out the killings.
BBC News reported that five Israelis were wounded and two suspected Palestinian attackers were killed in the West Bank shooting. It said the attack came at a time of heightened tensions in the West Bank and four days before Israel's general election.
The New York Times, in a report by Adam Rasgon, said officials described the attackers as Palestinian gunmen who opened fire on Israelis. The paper reported that five people were wounded in the attack, days before national elections, health workers said. The Israeli military said its soldiers had killed two of the assailants.
The accounts differ on several points. Fox News and BBC News described the two dead men as suspected attackers or gunmen, while The New York Times attributed the description of Palestinian gunmen to officials. Fox News referred to five Israelis wounded, and The New York Times referred to five people wounded, according to health workers, without specifying nationality in its summary.
Israel's general election is four days after the shooting, BBC News reported, and The New York Times described the attack as occurring days before national elections. The sources do not say how the attack may affect the election campaign.
The summaries do not give the names of the dead or the wounded, the exact time of the shooting, or the condition of those hurt. They also do not say whether any group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Sources: Fox News: Two suspected gunmen killed after shooting wounds 5 Israelis in West Bank; BBC News: Five Israelis wounded and two suspected Palestinian attackers killed in West Bank shooting; The New York Times: Palestinian Gunmen Open Fire on Israelis in the West Bank, Officials Say.