Israeli Army kills two in Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers shot dead two Palestinian militants during an arrest raid today.
Three more Palestinians were killed elsewhere in the West Bank while mishandling explosives, officials said.
In a village near the town of Bethlehem, Israeli forces tried to arrest two armed Islamic Jihad militants who tried to flee, the army said. The forces fired at the militants and killed them.
They were armed with assault weapons and hand grenades, the army said.
Meanwhile, three dead Hamas militants, one torn in half, were taken to a hospital in the West Bank town of Jenin early today.
Palestinian security officials said it appeared one had an explosives belt strapped to his body when it accidentally went off, killing him and the other two men.
The incident occurred near the village of Deir Ghazallah.
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