The fighting came as Israeli and Palestinian officials met in Jordan to discuss ways of lowering tensions.
Israel's military said Sunday's shooting happened when a gunman "opened fire towards an Israeli vehicle" near Hawara, near Nablus, and those killed were brothers from Har Bracha, a settlement 8 kilometres away.The military said one of the dead men was a soldier in a program for Jewish seminary students.
After the shooting, Palestinians reported Israelis from a nearby settlement attacked Palestinian houses in the area.Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official in charge of anti-settlement activities, said several Palestinian houses and 15 cars had been set on fire. Palestinian media said some 30 homes and cars were torched. Photos and video on social media showed large fires burning throughout the town of Hawara and lighting up the sky.Watch
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