At least six Palestinians were killed in a battle with the Israeli military, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, the latest phase in a rapidly escalating crisis in the West Bank.
The Israeli army reported Tuesday it killed a man affiliated with the Islamic Hamas group in Jenin who was suspected of shooting and killing two Israelis, and arrested two of his sons in the West Bank city of Nablus.
The forces used shoulder-fired missiles and armed Palestinians responded with heavy fire, the Israeli army said in a statement, adding that its soldiers hit two additional militants.
