Three Israelis have been killed in a shooting attack at a crossing between Israel and the West Bank, according to Israeli police.
Two Israeli security guards and one border policeman were killed, Rosenfeld said, adding heightened security was being put in place in nearby Jerusalem.
He named the deceased border policeman as 20-year-old Sergeant Solomon Gavria.
One person was also injured, suffering a bullet wound to the stomach, according to paramedics.
Rosenfeld said the alleged attacker, a 37-year-old Palestinian man from the village of Beit Surik, was killed by police. He shot the security forces with a pistol, Rosenfeld said.
A paramedic on the scene, Nir Buzaglo, said the four victims were in their 20s and 30s.
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin said in a statement his heart went out to the families of those shot dead in the attack.
“Such a brutal terror attack once again shows the daily frontline on which our security forces stand, charged today with the most important mission — the safeguarding and defense of the citizens of Israel,” he said.
It comes just two months after two police officers were shot dead in an attack in Jerusalem’s Old City, close to one of the world’s most important religious sites.
Three attackers, who police identified as terrorists, were killed in the incident.
