Five people were slightly injured in a shooting attack on a bus near the northern Israeli town of Beit Shean, close to the northeastern frontier with the West Bank.Police spokesman in the region, Yossi Hassan, told AFP that the attack was carried out by a resistance man near the Beit Hashita kibbutz, eight kilometres (five miles) northwest of Beit Shean at 11:30 am (0930 GMT).

Police sealed off the area, on the edge of the Jordan Valley, and were searching for the resistance man.

The injured were quickly evacuated to hospital.

Police and occupation army radio said initially the bus was hit by a bomb blast.

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Israeli policemen stand next to a bus which was attacked by a Palestinian Resistance Man