Two Palestinians killed by Israeli gunfire in West Bank

Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinians and wounded two others in the West Bank on Sunday, local media reports said.

An Israeli soldier shot dead a Palestinian militant who tried to stab him near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, Israeli military officials were quoted as saying.

It came after a gun battle in Jenin, in the north of the West Bank, in which a Palestinian was killed and two others were wounded.

The violence comes despite a ceasefire between Palestinian militant groups and Israel.

The Israeli army said that the Jenin fire fight began after three Palestinians shot at a military base from their car. Soldiers returned fire, injuring all three, and one of them died on the way to hospital.

Israeli and Palestinian leaders declared a truce deal at a Feb. 8 summit.

Source: Xinhua