The group said in a leaflet distributed in the northern part of the West Bank that the attack is to revenge the Israeli army military actions carried out against the Palestinians.

Israel Radio reported that one Israeli was killed and three others were wounded Friday afternoon when Palestinian gunmen opened fire on an Israeli vehicle near the West Bank city of Nablus.

One of the wounded was listed in serious condition, a second was in moderate-to-serious condition and the third was in light condition, said the radio.

It added that evidence at the scene indicated two gunmen who were waiting on both sides of a highway near the West Bank village of Otzarin ambushed two vehicles traveling westward from the Jordan Valley region.

A gun battle broke out between the motorists, who were armed, and the assailants, who subsequently managed to flee the scene, the radio reported.