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Israeli and Palestinian officials say two Palestinians were killed in a shootout with Israeli forces that entered a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank to arrest a suspected militant. One of those killed early on Tuesday in the Jenin camp was identified as a 22-year-old member of the militant group Islamic Jihad, killed by a gunshot to the head. The second man was identified as an 18-year-old. In the raid, Israeli troops had surrounded the home of the wanted man who turned himself in. A firefight ensued during and after the arrest. Israeli forces routinely carry out arrest raids in parts of the West Bank under Palestinian autonomous rule.
JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli forces and armed Palestinians exchanged fire during an Israeli arrest raid in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank early Tuesday, leaving two Palestinians dead, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.
Israeli and Palestinian officials say two Palestinians were killed in a shootout with Israeli forces that entered a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank to arrest a suspected militant