Israeli forces kill three Islamic Jihad activists

Israeli forces killed three Islamic Jihad activists in a West Bank raid early Friday. Occupation forces moved into the village of Ilar in the Tulkarem area after midnight, Palestinians and Israeli military officials said. There they clashed with three Palestinian fighters.

Two of the Palestinians were killed in an open area outside the village. Later in the day, a third Palestinian fighter was killed in an exchange of fire in the nearby Saida village.

Palestinian sources in Ilar identified two of the victims as Jamil Nazih Jamil Abu Saada, 25, and Seed Taleb al-Ashqar, 23. The victim in Saida was identified as Raed Ahmed Mahmoud Ajaj, 31.