SAA event in West Bank, Qalqilya area, Palestine on Fri 21st June 2024

Police said Friday that two wanted Palestinians, members of the Islamic Jihad terror group, were killed by officers in the West Bank city of Qalqilya.

In a statement, police said that one of the wanted Islamic Jihad members was planning to carry out an attack in the area.

Police said officers from the elite Gideonim unit attempted to arrest the pair, when they shot at the troops.

The officers returned fire, killing the terror operatives, the statement said.

“Handguns were found on the two terrorists,” the statement said.

Graphic footage from the scene showed troops dragging the body of a Palestinian out of a vehicle that had been shot at and apparently crashed.

Since October 7, troops have arrested some 4,150 wanted Palestinians across the West Bank, including more than 1,750 affiliated with Hamas.

According to the Palestinian Authority health ministry, more than 540 West Bank Palestinians have been killed in that time.

During the same period, 20 Israelis, including security personnel, have been killed in Palestinian terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank. Another three members of the security forces were killed in clashes with terror operatives in the West Bank.