Israeli Forces Kill Three Palestinians in West Bank Gun Battle

Israeli Forces Kill Three Palestinians in West Bank Gun Battle
Israeli security forces patrol Jerusalem's central Jaffa road on April 1, 2022. Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images
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JERUSALEM—Israeli security forces killed three members of the Palestinian terrorist group Islamic Jihad in a shootout in the occupied West Bank on Saturday.

“This is a terrorist cell that has been involved in terrorist activity against security forces recently, and was apparently on its way to another attack,” the police said.