Heavy fighting is said to be continuing near the city of Jenin.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Israeli forces had mounted an operation against Hamas militants about to carry out attacks.
Israeli officials did not comment on the casualties but local media said at least four Palestinians were killed.
The Palestinian sources said one person had been killed in Burqin near Jenin and another three in Biddu near Jerusalem.
Correspondents say there has long been concern in Israel that Hamas, which runs Gaza, could also challenge its rival the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.
Last week in Jenin, Israel recaptured the last two of six fugitive Palestinian militants, who had escaped from a maximum security prison two weeks earlier.
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Five Palestinians were killed in Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, according to Israeli media.
ReplyDeleteThe Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said the five lost their lives in an exchange of fire during an Israeli raid to arrest a number of Hamas members in the cities of Jenin and Ramallah.
According to the newspaper, three Palestinians were killed in the Bidu village, northwest Jerusalem, in an exchange of fire that erupted when Israeli forces surrounded a house in the village.
Two other Palestinians were killed in the village of Burqin, in southwestern Jenin city.
Quatre Palestiniens ont été tués dimanche dans des heurts avec l'armée israélienne en Cisjordanie occupée, selon le ministère de la Santé palestinien et l'armée israélienne.
ReplyDeleteTrois Palestiniens ont été tués dans le village de Bidu, au nord de Jérusalem, et un autre à Borquin, dans le nord de la Cisjordanie, selon ces sources. L'armée israélienne a affirmé que ces affrontements s'étaient déroulés durant "une opération destinée à démanteler une cellule terroriste du (mouvement islamiste) Hamas".