Israeli troops eliminate two Palestinian gunmen linked to West Bank attack.
Israeli troops killed two Palestinian gunmen suspected of being behind a shooting attack near the West Bank settlement of Avnei Hefetz. The gunmen were identified as members of the Tulkarem Battalion, a new Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group wing in the West Bank city. Two additional wanted Palestinians were detained in the area. No Israeli soldiers were hurt during the raid. Tensions between Israel and the Palestinians have been high for the past year, with the Israeli military conducting near-nightly raids in the West Bank amid a series of deadly Palestinian terror attacks.