Militants killed by Israeli troops in West Bank as violence resumes

Palestinian demonstrators clash with the Israeli army while forces carry out an operation in the West Bank town of Nablus (Majdi Mohammed/AP)

Israeli troops killed three Palestinian militants and wounded dozens in a shootout that erupted during an arrest raid in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

The shootout came a day after a ceasefire ended three days of fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group in the Gaza Strip.