The deaths follow a week of heightened violence in Israel and the West Bank, touched off by an Israeli police raid on Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site.
Israeli soldiers stand guard near the Elon Moreh settlement in the occupied West Bank near Nablus Pic: APThe Israeli military killed two Palestinians who authorities said allegedly opened fire at troops from their car in the northern West Bank on Tuesday.
The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the two men killed in the West Bank village of Deir al Hatab as Saud Abdullah Saud and Mohammed Abu Dira, but did not give their ages. The Israeli military said the men shot at an Israeli outpost near the settlement of Elon Moreh, south of the Palestinian city of Nablus. Israeli soldiers on patrol opened fire, killing the two alleged gunmen.Palestinian media reported that a third gunman was in the car during the drive-by shooting and fled the area.
Israeli security forces said they were searching for other suspected assailants and found a pair of M-16 rifles and a pistol at the scene. The local armed group of the Balata refugee camp, a militant stronghold near Nablus, identified the two men as militants, sharing photos of them brandishing M-16s in the camp. Saud Abdullah Saud had previously spent 15 years in Israeli prison, the group said.Why did police raid Al Aqsa mosque?
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