Three Israelis were killed and 10 others were injured in a shooting attack that targeted a bus and two Israeli vehicles near the village of Al-Funduq, east of Qalqilya Governorate, on Monday morning.

It was reported that the dead were two women and a young man, while the condition of one injured person was described as critical and 5 injuries ranged from moderate to minor.

Magen David Adom reported that its crews provided first aid to six injured people, including two women in their 60s, and four other injured people whose condition was described as moderate.

The Israeli army radio quoted an unnamed security official as saying that two "terrorists" opened fire on two Israeli vehicles and a bus, then fled the scene.

He pointed out that large forces began pursuing the perpetrators of the operation, and Nablus and other villages in the area were closed and besieged.

The Israeli army announced in a brief initial statement that it had received a report of a shooting operation near "Kedumim."