Palestinian kills Israeli boy

A 13-year-old Israeli boy is killed and a seven-year-old wounded when a Palestinian attacked them with an axe in the West Bank.

A 13-year-old Israeli boy was killed and a seven-year-old wounded today when a Palestinian attacked them with an axe in a settlement in the occupied West Bank, medics said. The two children were attacked in the Bat Ayin settlement south of Bethlehem, they added. The Palestinian attacker fled the scene and the army was conducting a massive search in the area, radio and television reported. It marked the first such attack since hawkish prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu officially took office.

* AFP