Ramallah, Oct. 23 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a major military operation in the West Bank after two Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded three others in a shooting attack near Hebron on Friday.
The IDF said its troops killed the two attackers after a gunfight lasting more than 20 minutes at a temporary military checkpoint near the southern West Bank city.
The gunmen, identified as Mohammad Jaaba and Firas Jaaba, both 27-year-old Hebron residents and members of the same family, arrived by car at around 7.30am (local time) before opening fire on soldiers conducting routine checks on Palestinian vehicles.
The slain soldiers were identified as Staff Sgt Ron Yonatan Roytman, 23, from Ashkelon...