West Bank, ALRAY - The Israeli occupation army has shot dead three Palestinians during a raid on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.

According to local sources, the deceased martyrs were identified as Sedqi Zakarneh, 22, from the eastern neighbourhood of Jenin, Tariq al-Damej, 33, from Jenin refugee camp, and Atta al-Shalabi, 46, from Qabatiya town in the south of the city.

The Israeli occupation army, accompanied by a military bulldozer, broke into Jenin at dawn and deployed snipers on the rooftops of several homes and tall buildings.