The Palestinian gunman approached Israeli troops stationed at the Qalandiya checkpoint outside Jerusalem early in the morning, pulled out an M16 rifle and opened fire, the Israeli police said.
Palestinian rescue teams said they evacuated small children who were suffocating and trapped inside a burning house. Israeli settlers also shot and killed a horse, said resident Ibrahim Ebiat. "This is pure terror," he said. "People are terrified and angry." On Saturday, Palestinian health officials also said that a 39-year-old man, Tariq Idris, died of wounds suffered in confrontations with Israeli security forces in the northern city of Nablus the day before. The Israeli military said it had raided Nablus to arrest three suspected Palestinian militants and fired at residents who shot at them and threw Molotov cocktails.