The Israel Defense Forces killed two armed men suspected of carrying out a shooting attack earlier this month that killed three people in the West Bank, IDF officials said Thursday.

The IDF said the two gunmen, Mohamad Nazzal and Katiba Shalabi, barricaded themselves inside a building near Jenin late Wednesday when Israeli troops launched a raid in the area. The two men were wanted for the murder of three Israeli citizens, IDF officials said.

“After an exchange of gunfire, they were eliminated by the forces,” the IDF posted Thursday on the Telegram social messaging site.

An IDF soldier was “moderately injured” during the gunbattle and was evacuated for medical treatment at an area hospital, officials said.

IDF officials said Mr. Nazzal and Mr. Shalabi were affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a militant group seeking to form an Islamist Palestinian state committed to the destruction of Israel, according to the Director of National Intelligence.

The IDF this week launched extensive military raids around Jenin, long-considered a hotbed of militant operations, following a temporary cease-fire with Hamas in Gaza.

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