Israeli army kills two Palestinians in West Bank confrontation

Palestinians inspect the site of a house that was demolished by the Israeli army in the West Bank village of Kafr Dan, near Jenin, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023. Palestinians Samer Houshiyeh and Fouad Abed were shot and killed during clashes with the Israeli army in the village of Kafr Dan near the northern city of Jenin. The Israeli military said it entered Kafr Dan late Sunday to demolish the houses of two Palestinian gunmen who killed an Israeli soldier during a firefight in September. The military said troops came under heavy fire and fired back at the shooters. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Israeli forces have killed two Palestinians, including a man claimed by an armed group as a member, during a confrontation after troops entered a village in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said.

The two men were killed in the Palestinian village of Kafr Dan near the northern city of Jenin.