A manhunt is under way for two Palestinians suspected of killing three Israelis.

A manhunt is under way for two Palestinians suspected of killing three Israelis in an axe and knife attack in central Israel.

The incident happened in the predominantly ultra-Orthodox Jewish town of Elad yesterday night, with Seven others wounded and two seriously injured.

It is the latest in a wave of deadly attacks in Israel by Palestinians or Israeli Arabs since late March.

Israel has carried out raids in the occupied West Bank in response.

Israeli police said the Palestinians who carried out the attack in Elad came from the district of Jenin in the northern West Bank.