Army enters West Bank after militant kills guards

A PALESTINIAN militant shot and killed two Israeli security guards early yesterday at a factory along the divide between Israel and the West Bank, the military said.

Medics pronounced the two middle-aged guards dead at the scene, rescue services said. Troops began combing surrounding areas for traces of the assailant.

Palestinian security officials in the nearby town of Tulkarem said soldiers moved into the West Bank in force after the attack and set up a checkpoint.