Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinian militants

NABLUS, West Bank - Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinian militants during a raid in the occupied West Bank today, Palestinian security sources and medics said.

They said the two gunmen were killed during an exchange of gunfire with Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Nablus.

An Israeli military source said soldiers had identified hitting three gunmen inside a building in the city which a force had encircled trying to arrest a wanted militant inside.

It was not clear at this stage which group the gunmen belonged to.

On Sunday Israeli troops killed seven Palestinians including a leading Islamic Jihad militant in the bloodiest fighting in weeks in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli military official and Palestinian sources said.

Israel mounts frequent military raids in the West Bank against suspected militants.

- REUTERS