A view of the West Bank Settlement of Otniel. (Courtesy of the Regional Council of Samaria and Judea)

(JTA) – Two Israelis, a father and his son, were killed near a West Bank settlement in a shooting attack.

The incident occurred Friday afternoon near Otniel, which is located 10 miles southwest of Hebron, as unidentified individuals opened fire on a car with seven passengers from the same family and another vehicle, Haaretz reported.

The father was in his 40s. His son who died in the attack was 18. A third person was lightly injured from a bullet that entered his leg. The shooters fled the scene.

The family was headed to a nearby settlement to celebrated the wedding of a relative.

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