The Israeli military said it shot and killed three alleged Palestinian terrorists in Samaria on Tuesday after they fired on them.
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Israeli security forces said they opened fire at Palestinian terrorists who had shot at them from a car in the West Bank city of Nablus, the territory's commercial capital and a major focus of the Israeli military's recently stepped-up raids. In the hilly neighborhood of al-Tur shortly after the shooting, Israeli forces inspected a shattered black Skoda surrounded by spent bullet casings.
Video: The incident near Nablus / Usage under Israeli Intellectual Property Law Section 27a
Palestinian media described the Israeli killing as an ambush following the terrorists' attempted attack on Israeli forces near a Jewish settlement overlooking Nablus. The Israeli military said it confiscated three M-16 rifles and other equipment from their car.
In recent months, the West Bank has witnessed a volatile mix of the rise of local armed Palestinian groups carrying out frequent shooting attacks against Israelis and near-daily Israeli military raids that have increasingly turned deadly.
Late Monday, Palestinian terrorists said they opened fire at a bus carrying Israeli settlers near the Palestinian town of Hawara, just south of Nablus, without causing casualties. The Israeli military said it was setting up checkpoints to search for the suspects. A little-known armed group from the area calling itself the "Dawn Brigade" claimed responsibility for the shooting.
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