A 17-year-old Israeli girl has been killed in a bomb attack near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military says.
Rina Shnerb had been hiking with her brother Dvir and her father Eitan near a natural spring outside Dolev when an improvised explosive device blew up.
Dvir and Eitan were seriously wounded by the blast and were evacuated by helicopter to a hospital in Jerusalem.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was a “harsh terrorist attack”.
“We will continue to strengthen settlement. We will deepen our roots and strike at our enemies,” Mr Netanyahu said.
“The security arms are in pursuit after the abhorrent terrorists. We will apprehend them. The long arm of israel reaches all those who seek our lives and will settle accounts with them.”
President Reuven Rivlin said: “This was a despicable attack against innocent people going about their daily lives in peace.”
Israeli troops were quickly deployed around Dolev, which is about 15km (9 miles) north of Jerusalem and near the Palestinian village of Deir Ibzi, following the bombing. The military said they were searching the area, setting up roadblocks, and boosting security.
Eitan Shnerb, who is a rabbi, later addressed his daughter's funeral in their hometown of Lod, in central Israel,…
