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An axe-wielding Palestinian man struck and killed a 13-year-old boy and seriously injured another in Bat Ayin, a West Bank Jewish settlement.

It is believed that security officials shot and wounded the attacker, who escaped on foot after the bloody event. A manhunt is currently underway to capture the man, thought to be a local resident.

The attack is the first of its kind since the right-leaning Netanyahu government took over control of Israel.