Jewish settlers accused of selling bullets to Palestinian gunmen

Five Israelis have been arrested on suspicion of selling thousands of rounds of ammunition to Palestinian militants.

Two of those detained live in Adora, a Jewish settlement in the West Bank. Their arrests shocked the small community.

Adora was the scene of a Palestinian attack in May that killed four people, including a five-year-old girl.

Police spokesman Gil Kleiman said the men were suspected of selling military ordnance to "terrorists."

Israeli newspaper and radio reports said they allegedly stole crates of rifle ammunition from army stores and sold them over the past three years to a Palestinian member of the Tanzim militia.