The Palestinian militant group Hamas for its part hailed those behind Thursday's deadly attack, while not taking responsibility for it. " This operation was in response to the crimes of the Zionists, " it said in a statement. Israeli occupied the West Bank in the 1967 Six-Day War in a move never recognised by the international community. The last killing of an Israeli in the the West Bank happened on June 29 when a settler died and three others in a car with him were wounded. On July 31, suspected Jewish extremists firebombed a Palestinian home in the village of Duma that killed toddler Ali Saad Dawabsha and his parents. AFP