Gunmen opened fire on vehicles, including a bus, on Monday near a village in the occupied West Bank, killing three people and wounding seven, the Israeli military and emergency services said.
"Paramedics have confirmed the deaths of three victims, including two women and a man," emergency service provider Magen David Adom said, while the military reported that troops were "pursuing the terrorists" who carried out the attack near the village of Al-Funduq.
Magen David Adom said its paramedics were providing medical treatment to seven people who were on the bus, including the driver who was in serious condition.
The two women who died in the shooting were in their 60s, while the third victim, a man, was around 40, MDA reported.
"This was a severe attack that spread across multiple scenes where vehicles and a bus were hit by gunfire," paramedic Avichai Ben Zruya said in a statement.
"During our initial searches for casualties, we found two women around 60 years old in a vehicle, unconscious without pulse or breathing, with gunshot wounds," he said.
"After medical assessments, unfortunately, their injuries were severe and we had to pronounce them deceased."
The military said that troops had set up roadblocks and were encircling several nearby towns to apprehend the attackers.
Israeli troops or settlers have killed at least 818 Palestinians in the West Bank since the start of the Gaza war, according to the Ramallah-based health ministry.
Palestinian attacks on Israelis have also killed at least 25 people in the West Bank in the same period, according to Israeli official figures.
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