4 Jewish Settlers Killed Near Hebron in West Bank
The Israeli army said four people had been killed and six wounded, one of them severely, in the attack by one or two gunmen on Adora, a few kilometers (miles) west of the divided city of Hebron. The army had earlier put the death toll at five.

The attack came a day after President Bush insisted Israel must end its military offensive ``now,'' after another Israeli raid defied his earlier demands.

``The attack this morning against Israeli citizens in the West Bank proves that terror has not yet been eradicated,'' Israeli government spokesman Aryeh Mekel said.

Hebron was the only big West Bank city not reoccupied in Israel's offensive, perhaps because the army feared a full-scale assault would endanger about 400 Jewish settlers living in heavily guarded enclaves among 120,000 Palestinians.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon unleashed the West Bank campaign on March 29 after suicide attacks killed scores of Israelis. Israel says many of the attackers came from the Jenin refugee camp, scene of the fiercest fighting in the offensive.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack on Adora and the assailants appeared to have escaped.
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