Israel deploys troops to West Bank after settler couple shot dead

Israel’s military deployed hundreds of troops in the West Bank after a drive-by shooting by suspected Palestinian gunmen killed a Jewish settler couple in front of their children as they were driving home.

The attack took place late on Thursday when gunmen opened fire at a vehicle travelling near the Palestinian village of Beit Furik. The shots killed Eitam and Naama Henkin, residents of the Jewish West Bank settlement of Neria.

Their four young children, including a four-month-old infant, were in the back seat of the car, but were unharmed.