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Three Palestinian militants killed amid West Bank clashes with Israeli troops | |
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Israel's military said troops returned fire on the occupants of the car | |
Three Palestinian militants have been shot dead, Palestinian officials say, after armed clashes with Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank. | |
The Israeli military said its forces returned fire "to neutralise" occupants of a car who had shot at them. | |
The incident in Jenin is the most serious of its kind for weeks, as Israel carries out near daily raids following a wave of deadly attacks. | The incident in Jenin is the most serious of its kind for weeks, as Israel carries out near daily raids following a wave of deadly attacks. |
Two Palestinians who committed recent killings came from the Jenin area. | |
Seventeen Israelis and two Ukrainians have been killed in shootings, stabbings, car-rammings and an axe attack in Israel and the West Bank since late March. | Seventeen Israelis and two Ukrainians have been killed in shootings, stabbings, car-rammings and an axe attack in Israel and the West Bank since late March. |
Dozens of Palestinians, including the attackers, have been killed in confrontations with Israeli forces since then. | Dozens of Palestinians, including the attackers, have been killed in confrontations with Israeli forces since then. |
Witnesses have told the BBC the Israeli army was carrying out a search raid in Jenin's old town on Friday morning and that there were massive exchanges of gunfire between them and Palestinian militants. | Witnesses have told the BBC the Israeli army was carrying out a search raid in Jenin's old town on Friday morning and that there were massive exchanges of gunfire between them and Palestinian militants. |
The Israeli military said that as troops moved on from one location the occupants of a car at the side of the road opened fire. All those in the car were killed. | |
Local sources told the BBC that all three men were members of militant groups in Jenin. | |
The militant Islamist group Hamas said one of the men was a field commander in its military wing. It warned the "cowardly assassination... will not go unpunished". | |
The Israeli military said soldiers found two rifles, a submachine gun and ammunition in the vehicle. | |
Following the incident "fierce clashes" erupted which left 10 Palestinians wounded, the official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, said. | |
Israel said its forces did not suffer any casualties. | Israel said its forces did not suffer any casualties. |
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