Two settlers were killed and another seriously wounded after being shot on Sunday morning in the industrial zone known as Barkan near the settlement of Ariel in the northern West Bank.

Israeli security sources claimed the shooter was a Palestinian who worked in the factory a while ago, adding they were investigating whether the shooting was on a criminal background.

According to Israeli  sources, a gunman managed to enter a factory and opened fire, causing the injury of three settlers, two of whom were later killed.

Israeli sources said that the shooter managed to withdraw from the site, where the army and police began searches and search without knowing the causes of the incident.