<span style="color: #222222;">Israeli forces today continued manhunt for a Palestinian who shot dead two soldiers in the West Bank yesterday. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It is the third deadly attack by Palestinian gunmen in the West Bank in two months. The attack has set off demonstrations by settler groups against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Netanyahu's coalition government relies on the support of pro-settler parties. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In response to the attack, the army locked down the city of Ramallah, home to secular Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The army said it arrested 40 Palestinians, most of whom are affiliated to the Islamist movement Hamas.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Hamas had claimed responsibility for two recent shooting attacks. However, it has not yet claimed yesterday's attack. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Thursday's shooting is the latest incident shattering months of relative calm in the West Bank. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Israeli media speculated about the possibility of a new Palestinian intifada against Israel's occupation of the West Bank. Analysts said that the situation is reminiscent to the buildup to the 2014 Gaza war. </span>