DATE=04/27/02

TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT

TITLE=ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS (S)

NUMBER=2-289160

BYLINE=IRRIS MAKLER

DATELINE=JERUSALEM

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INTRO: At least four Israelis have been killed and six wounded after Palestinian gunmen infiltrated a Jewish settlement in the West Bank. Irris Makler reports from Jerusalem.

TEXT: The Israeli army says more than one gunman entered the West Bank settlement of Adura, near the volatile West Bank city of Hebron. They entered two homes, opening fire on the families inside.

An Israeli medical official at the site says the wounded, including two children, were taken to the hospital for treatment.

The fate of the gunmen is not clear. The army spokeswoman says soldiers have completed house to house searches in the settlement, and are now searching more widely in the surrounding area.

The Israeli military is in the fourth week of an anti-terror operation in the West Bank aimed at putting an end to attacks against civilians.

Shortly before the attack, the United Nations agreed to delay by one day, until Sunday, the arrival of a fact-finding team in Israel. The team is to investigate the events surrounding a fierce battle between Palestinian gunmen and Israeli troops in the Jenin refugee camp. (SIGNED)

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