Four Israelis killed In the West Bank

In the West Bank of the Jordan River near the town of Hebron, Palestinian gunmen fired on a car with four Israelis. As a result, all people in the car were killed.Associated Press reported citing a statement spokesperson of the Israeli police Micky Rosenfeld.
According to Israeli authorities, in the car were two men and two women passengers from 20 to 40 years old.

Responsibility for action undertook a radical Palestinian movement Hamas on that the attack was accomplished the members of Hamas, said the leader of the militant wing of AR organization Abu Obeid. As the AFP, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri in connection with the case issued a statement calling the attack “a normal response to the Israeli occupation.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in turn, ordered the security forces of the country “hunt” on the perpetrators and organizers of the attack and abandon any diplomacy. Defense Minister Ehud Barak also said that the reaction to the attack will be tough, and called to attack the failure of the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks.

August 20, Israel and the Palestinian Authority agreed to resume the interrupted in 2008, peace talks brokered by the Middle East Quartet. It is assumed that the first meeting of parties to be held in Washington on September 2. On the Palestinian side it will participate Palestinian Authority President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas.

Once the agreements reached, it became known, the Hamas movement issued a sharp criticism of Fatah and stated refusal to negotiate with her. Fatah and Hamas are the two main Palestinian political groups. While Hamas is on the radical anti-Israeli positions, Fatah holds more moderate views. The conflict between the two parties, the Palestinian Authority has effectively split into two camps – Hamas controlling the Gaza Strip, and Fatah – West Bank.