A Palestinian boy checks a house damaged during an Israeli raid, in Balata camp, Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 22, 2023.  REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
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Israeli West Bank raid leaves three Palestinians dead — Ministry

Israel's security forces killed three Palestinians during a raid in the West Bank, Palestine's health ministry said.

NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli security forces killed three Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank early on Monday, the Palestinian health ministry said, in what Army Radio described as a large-scale operation against militants.

The Israeli military did not immediately release details. Army Radio said hundreds of soldiers took part in the pre-dawn raid and that the three Palestinians killed were gunmen who had exchanged fire with the forces.

A general view inside a house damaged during an Israeli raid, in Balata camp, Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 22, 2023.

No armed group immediately claimed the men killed in the Balata refugee camp in the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank, an area where Israeli forces have mounted frequent raids over the past year.

Palestinians inspect a house damaged during an Israeli raid, in Balata camp, Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 22, 2023.

Senior Palestinian official Hussein al-Sheikh condemned the Israeli raid.

Palestinians react next to the body of one of three men who were killed during an Israeli raid, at a morgue in Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 22, 2023.

(Reporting by Ali Sawafta and Maayan Lubell; Writing by Alaa Swilam; Editing by Kim Coghill and Christopher Cushing)

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