Israeli tanks shelled Palestinian police posts in the West
Bank city of Ramallah early Friday in retaliation to the killing of a Jewish settler from Givat Ze'ev settlement, said reports.
No injuries were reported.
Haaretz newspaper said that Ronen Landau, 17, was hit several times by a sniper's bullets as he was traveling with his father on the road between Jerusalem and Modi'in on Thursday night.
Israeli tanks responded early Friday by shelling two Palestinian police posts in Surda, north of Ramallah, the Palestinian political and commercial center in the West Bank.
Tanks then targeted three positions belonging to the Palestinian presidential unit, Force 17, in Beitunia, east of Ramallah, according to the Palestinian news agency, WAFA.
Witnesses in Ramallah said the boom of tanks shells echoed
through the city until the early hours of the morning.
Helicopters hovered overhead throughout the assault, said WAFA.
Israeli Minister without Portfolio Dan Naveh said he was driving on the same highway shortly before the settler’s killing.
"Here we have another murderous attack," he told Israel
Television. "This shows [Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser] Arafat's true face as a terrorist," Haaretz quoted him as saying.
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