Shooting in West Bank kills Israeli soldiers

Moving over to the Middle East, a shooting at an Israeli checkpoint in the northern West Bank, killed 2 Israeli soldiers and left 8 wounded. The gunman was killed on site.

The incident took place at around 6 A.M. Tuesday local time, when a suspected Palestinian militant armed with an M-16 automatic rifle charged an Israeli guard post.

No further details on the gunman's identity have been released, but reports indicate he approached the checkpoint on foot overnight without being detected, delaying the soldiers' immediate response.

The attack follows Israeli military operations in the West Bank, two days after Israel agreed to a ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza.