Five Palestinians, including several gunmen, have been killed in a major Israeli raid against a militant group in the occupied West Bank.
Palestinian medical sources say, a sixth Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli troops who were attacked with stones in a protest against the raid.
The operation in the Northern City of Nablus targeted the recently formed Lion’s Den group.
According to report, the group killed an Israeli soldier in a shooting earlier this month.
The Israel Defense Forces, IDF, had locked down Nablus for the past two weeks amid an intensive search for the killer of 21-year-old Staff Sergeant Ido Baruch, shot dead in an ambush close to a nearby Israeli settlement.
There has been an intensification of violence between Israel and Palestinians in the West Bank in recent weeks amid an ongoing Israeli operation to root out militants following a wave of deadly attacks against Israelis earlier this year.
BBC/Taiwo Akinola
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