Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian militant and arrested two others in a raid this morning near the West Bank town of Jericho, the Israeli army said in a statement.
Witnesses said the soldiers surrounded a house in the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp and opened fire, killing a 22-year-old from the Islamic Jihad militant group after he refused to surrender.
The raid occurred a day after soldiers arrested ten Palestinians in a van outside Jerusalem with explosives Israel suspected were for use in a suicide bomb attack.