Israeli forces killed three Palestinians near a village close to the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, without giving details.
Residents quoted by Palestinian radio, said Israeli forces also raided the village of Jaba, south of Jenin, surrounding a house where there was an exchange of fire and one person arrested before the Israeli force withdrew.
Security Minister Itamar Ben-Givr issued a statement confirming the three dead and hailing the “precise action and the elimination of those who opened fire on our fighters”.
The operation came days after Israeli forces raided a refugee camp in Jenin and killed six Palestinian militant fighters, including the Hamas gunman suspected of killing two Jewish settlers in the West Bank on Feb. 26.