Palestinian gunmen attend the funeral of Khaled Orouq, 16, who was killed in an Israeli raid, in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, April 25, 2024. (Credit: Raneen Sawafta/Reuters)
RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank — Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinian gunmen who opened fire at them from a vehicle in the occupied West Bank, the military said on Saturday.
The military released a photo of two automatic rifles that it said were used by several gunmen to shoot at the soldiers, at an outpost near the flashpoint Palestinian city of Jenin.
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said security officials confirmed two deaths and the Health Ministry said two other men were wounded.
There was no other immediate comment from Palestinian officials in the occupied West Bank, where violence has been on the rise as Israel presses its war against Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza.
Israel launched its offensive in Gaza after Hamas led an attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7 in which 1,200 people were killed and 253 taken hostage. More than 34,000 Palestinians have since been killed and most of the population displaced.
Violence in the occupied West Bank, which had already been on the rise before the war, has since flared with stepped-up Israeli raids and Palestinian street attacks.
The occupied West Bank and Gaza, territories Israel captured in the 1967 war, are among the territories that the Palestinians seek for a state. US-brokered peace talks collapsed a decade ago.
soldiers killed two Palestinian gunmen who opened fire at them
from a vehicle in the occupied West Bank, the military said on
Saturday.
The military released a photo of two automatic rifles that
it said were used by several gunmen to shoot at the soldiers, at
an outpost near the flashpoint Palestinian city of Jenin.
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