Israeli forces kill three Palestinians, seize weapons in West Bank raid

During the raid in Qabatiya, troops surrounded a building where two gunmen were holed up, exchanging fire with them, the army said. The two Palestinians were killed and witnesses saw the body of one them being lifted out by an armoured bulldozer.

A third Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli troops elsewhere in the town, medical officials said.

There was no immediate claim of the dead men by any armed Palestinian faction. The army described the two killed in the building as “senior terrorists” without elaborating, and added that weapons were seized in the raid.

Several Palestinians were detained by troops, who also “exposed explosives planted into roads which were intended to be used to attack the forces”, the army statement said.

A soldier was wounded during exchanges of fire, it added.