A 13-year-old Israeli boy was killed and a seven-year-old wounded on Thursday when a Palestinian attacked them with an axe in a settlement in the occupied West Bank, medics said.

The two children were attacked in the Bat Ayin settlement south of Bethlehem, medics said.

The Palestinian attacker fled the scene and the army was conducting a massive search in the area, radio and television reported.

It marked the first such attack since hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu officially took office.

AFP

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