Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad has condemned the murder of a Jewish settler family in the West Bank by presumed Palestinian attackers.
‘We clearly and firmly condemn all forms of violence, and I condemn what happened last night in (the settlement of) Itamar, just as I condemn the crimes against Palestinians,’ Fayyad said in the West Bank town of Bethlehem.
A settler couple and three of their children were stabbed to death in their beds.
Two children were spared and a third, a girl of 10, discovered the massacre when she arrived home and alerted neighbours.
United States called the killings a terrorist attack and urged the Palestinian Authority to 'unequivocally' condemn the killings.
'We condemn in the strongest possible terms the murder of five Israelis in a terrorist attack in the northern West Bank, and we offer our condolences to their loved ones and to the Israeli people,' the White House said in a statement
