Mourners carry the body of a Palestinian who was killed in an Israeli raid during his funeral in Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank August 15, 2023. (Credit: Reuters/Mussa Qawasma)
Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, including a teenager, during a raid in the occupied West Bank that touched off clashes with gunmen, medical officials and residents said.
In a statement, the army said troops came under fire during an operation at Aqbat Jabr camp to detain suspected Palestinian militants and fired back.
Residents also told Reuters there were armed clashes but there was no immediate corroboration that the two fatalities, aged 16 and 25, according to the Palestinian health ministry, had taken part.
The raid lasted for less than an hour, the residents added.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the killings, accusing Israel of undermining a meeting of the Palestinian, Jordanian and Egyptian leaderships on Monday to discuss prospects of reviving peace talks stalled for almost a decade.
Violence in the West Bank has worsened over the past 15 months with an increase of Israeli raids, Palestinian street attacks and assaults by Jewish settlers on Palestinian villages.