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Article: Drive-by shootings in West Bank leave 3 Israelis dead, 4 wounded.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- October 16, 2005
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Byline: Joel Greenberg
JERUSALEM _ Palestinian gunmen killed three Israelis and wounded four others Sunday in two drive-by shootings near Jewish settlements in the West Bank. In a separate incident, Israeli border policemen killed a Palestinian militant.
The killings came days before a visit to Washington by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, underlining the fragility of an 8-month old truce that has sharply reduced violence but not ended it.
The attacks in the West Bank were the deadliest there since Israel completed a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip last month. Israeli security officials had warned that Palestinian militants would shift the ...