Israelis kill 3 Palestinians in Jenin

Israeli troops have shot dead three Palestinians in the West Bank city of Jenin this morning.

Israeli troops have shot dead three Palestinians in the West Bank city of Jenin this morning.

Mohammed Abu Ghali, the head of Jenin's main hospital, said two members of the militant Islamic Jihad group and a civilian taxi driver were killed during an Israeli raid in the northern West Bank city.

The Israeli military said it was checking the report.

Palestinian witnesses said an undercover Israeli unit shot the two militants dead and killed the bystander driver.

Israeli forces launched raids in the West Bank city of Nablus again today a day after withdrawing most of its forces from there, Palestinian security sources said.

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