The shooting carried out by suspected Palestinians took place near the illegal settlement of Eli.

At least four Israeli settlers have been killed in a shooting near an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank.

Four people were confirmed dead and four others were wounded on Tuesday in the attack near the illegal Eli settlement, in the northern West Bank, the Magen David Adom emergency services said in a statement.

One of the gunmen was shot dead and Israeli forces are searching for a second, Israel’s Channel 12 News reported. Palestinian officials did not immediately confirm his death.

Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan, reporting from Jerusalem, confirmed the attack. “Suspects opened fire into a gas station” near the entrance of the Eli settlement between Ramallah and Nablus, he said.

The incident comes a day after six Palestinians were killed in Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank during a large-scale Israeli military incursion. At least 91 people were wounded during the nine-hour raid.