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Four members of the armed wing of the Islamist Palestinian organisation Hamas, have been killed in an Israeli military operation in the West Bank.<\/p>\n

The army said on Tuesday that Israeli security forces had entered a town near Ramallah on Monday evening, to arrest a suspect following an attempted attack.<\/p>\n

When the troops approached the building in which the suspect and three other Hamas members were hiding, they tried to flee in a vehicle.<\/p>\n

They then tried to drive towards the soldiers, according to the Israeli account.<\/p>\n

The soldiers then opened fire on them.<\/p>\n

A rifle and explosive devices were found in the vehicle.<\/p>\n

Hamas media reported that the four people killed were members of al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas\u2019 military wing.<\/p>\n

The situation in the occupied West Bank has worsened significantly since the war between Israel and the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip began on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n

According to the local Health Ministry, 516 Palestinians in the West Bank have been killed in Israeli attacks.<\/p>\n

This included clashes on their own attacks since then.<\/p>\n

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