Israeli army kills five militants during renewed fighting in West Bank

Members of the Israeli forces inside an armoured vehicle check an ambulance during a military operation in Jenin (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

The Israeli military said its soldiers killed five more militants in a large-scale operation in the occupied West Bank early on Thursday, including a well-known local commander.

There was no immediate Palestinian confirmation of the death of Mohammed Jaber, known as Abu Shujaa, a commander in the Islamic Jihad militant group in the Nur Shams refugee camp on the outskirts of the city of Tulkarem.