Gunmen shot and wounded two Israeli women in the West Bank town of Hebron, according to witnesses. The women, Israeli settlers who live in the often volatile West Bank town, were traveling in a car when it came under fire near the Tomb of the Patriarchs, a site holy to Jews and Muslims. Israeli soldiers imposed a curfew and set up roadblocks in the area to catch the gunmen, the witnesses added.
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