Following a shooting attack that injured a mother and daughter, Israel is freezing the hand-over of any more West Bank cities to the Palestinian Authority. Tzila Hayoun, 39, who suffered serious wounds in the Sunday night shooting near Bethlehem, is in intensive care at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. Her daughter, Hamutal, 9, suffered light wounds.
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