Palestinian shooter kills Israeli man near West Bank settlement
The attackers fired automatic weapons at vehicles waiting at a checkpoint on a highway outside Maale Adumim.
Security forces and armed civilians killed two of the attackers while the third was detained, police said.
Palestinian armed group Hamas praised the attack but did not claim it.
There has been a surge in violence in the West Bank since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, triggered by Hamas's deadly attacks in Israel on 7 October.
At least 394 Palestinians - members of armed groups, attackers and civilians - had been killed in conflict-related incidents in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, or in Israel as of Tuesday, according to the UN. During the same period, 12 Israelis, including four security forces personnel, had been killed.
Israel's police force said Thursday's attack took place near the al-Zaim checkpoint on Highway 1, which connects Maale Adumim with Jerusalem.
The three Palestinian gunmen arrived at the scene in two separate vehicles, armed with weapons including an M-16 rifle and a Carlo sub-machine gun. After getting out, they opened fire towards vehicles stuck in a traffic jam.
Two of the attackers were shot dead by security forces and armed civilians at the scene. The third gunmen tried to escape but was "neutralised" and taken into custody.
Israel's Magen David Adom ambulance service said paramedics found casualties in five vehicles along a 500m-long (1,640ft) stretch of the highway.
A man who was later identified as Matan Elmaliach, a 26-year-old man from Maale Adumim, died of his wounds at the scene, it said.
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