Two Israelis were lightly injured Wednesday during a shooting attack near a Jewish settlement in the central West Bank, the Israel Defense Forces said.

The army said the two were on a bus that was fired upon on Route 466 near Beit El, north of Ramallah, and were injured by glass from a window shattered by the gunfire.

Israeli troops were searching the area for suspects, the IDF said.

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The Magen David Adom ambulance service said the two injured Israelis, one of whom was the bus driver, were taken to Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus in Jerusalem.

A spokesperson for the Beit El Local Council said the bus was travelling from Beit El to Jerusalem when it was fired upon.