Israeli settler and Palestinian driver killed in West Bank shootings

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Violence erupted in the West Bank where a Palestinian gunman killed an Israeli settler, and Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian motorist in separate incidents. The tensions escalated on the eve of the Jewish holy day Yom Kippur amid ongoing conflict in the region.

A suspected Palestinian gunman on Sunday shot dead an Israeli man near a West Bank settlement, according to Israeli officials. The gunman was located at a Ramallah hospital and arrested, police said. Elsewhere in the West Bank, Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian motorist who the military said was attempting to run them over. The flare up in violence came on the eve of the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur.