One person has been killed and eight wounded after a shooting in the West Bank.

Three gunmen opened fire at motorists at an Israeli checkpoint on the Route One highway between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim, The Times of Israel reported.

Emergency workers treated 12 people in total, including a man in his twenties, the local ambulance service reported.

Two women were seriously wounded, the head of Israel’s ambulance service Eli Bean told public broadcaster Kan this morning. One of the women, 23, was pregnant, national emergency services said.

Police said officers shot dead two gunmen at the scene and wounded a third.

The attack comes after two people were killed at a bus stop in southern Israel on Friday by gunmen police suspect to be Palestinian.