NUR SHAMS, West Bank, April 20 (Reuters) – A Palestinian ambulance driver was killed during the evacuation of the wounded during a raid by violent Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Palestinian authorities said.

The incident came as violence flared across the area and fighting continued in Gaza.

The Palestinian health ministry said the 50-year-old driver was killed by Israeli gunfire near the village of Al-Sawiya, south of the city of Nablus, as he was making his way to transport people injured during the attack on the village.

It was not immediately clear whether he was shot by settlers. There was no immediate comment from the military.

Earlier, health authorities said at least two Palestinians, identified by Palestinian sources and officials as a gunman and a 16 year-old boy, had been killed during a raid by Israeli forces in the Nur Shams area, near the Palestinian city of Tulkarm.

A number of militants were killed and more arrested, the Israeli military said, and at least four soldiers were wounded in exchanges of fire.