Palestinian militants kill seven in bus ambush

IN a carefully planned attack, Palestinian militants dressed as Israeli soldiers ambushed a bus near a Jewish West Bank settlement, then fired on its passengers as they scrambled to escape.

Seven people were killed.

It was the first deadly attack on Israeli civilians in almost a month, and it occurred hours before officials from the US, Russia, EU and UN met in New York to discuss ways of ending the violence and easing the humanitarian situation in Palestinian territories.