2 Palestinians martyr in West Bank

Israeli troops have martyred 2 members of the Islamic Jihad and seriously wounded a third on a pre-dawn raid into a West Bank village.

The two activists from the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad movement were martyred when Zionist regime's forces raided the village of Qabatiya near the town of Jenin, the Palestinian sources said.

An Israeli army spokesman confirmed that "a special force operating in Qabatiya identified and opened fire at three gunmen".