Palestinian militants attacked an illegal settler outpost near the West Bank city of Nablus by firing around 30 shots at an Israeli army post guarding the settlement of Homesh, the Kan television station reported on Friday. As the soldiers pursued the attackers, the militants detonated an explosive device. Three soldiers suffered moderate injuries and four others sustained minor injuries, the army announced in the evening. The armed forces launched a search operation after the attackers fled in the direction of the Palestinian village of Silat al-Dhar. The Homesh settlement in the Israeli-occu…