Israel kills Islamic Jihad fighters
Palestinian group vows revenge for killings even as Israel resumes Nablus raids.
Thousands of Palestinians marched in the city on Wednesday in protest against the killings.
After the undercover unit’s operation, 20 Israeli military vehicles raided the Jenin refugee camp, Ali al-Sumodi, Al Jazeera’s correspondent, said.
Nablus raids
Meanwhile in Nablus, Israeli troops have resumed a hunt that began on Sunday for Palestinians on a list of wanted people, Palestinian security sources and the Israeli army said.
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Palestinian security sources said dozens of military vehicles and hundreds of Israeli troops poured into the old town on Wednesday and surrounded its three main hospitals.
They then declared a curfew, confining about 50,000 people to their homes.
The Israeli military spokesman said the objective still is “to damage terrorist infrastructure in the city”.
That involves arresting wanted men and capturing weaponry and explosive materials, he said.
The military incursion is the biggest Israel has mounted in the occupied West Bank in months.
Palestinian security sources said Israeli forces detained a number of relatives of wanted men, including the mother of Amin Lubbadeh, a member of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, which is affiliated to the Fatah movement of Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president.
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In a text message sent to reporters, he said: “This new crime will not pass without tough punishment.”
The Israeli army said a 42-year-old Palestinian man, Anan Tebe, was killed on Sunday when their troops fired at figures moving on the roof of a building where they had seen armed men and where they later found a weapon.