[1/3] Palestinians gather at the scene where Israeli forces targeted a Palestinian car, near Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank August 6, 2023. REUTERS/Raneen SawaftaJERUSALEM, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Israeli security forces shot dead three Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Israeli police said, drawing threats of revenge by Palestinian militant factions. Violence has worsened in the West Bank since last year with more Israeli raids and Palestinian street attacks on Israelis. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which has militants in Gaza and the West Bank, also vowed revenge. The Israeli police said the head of a militant group involved in military action against Israeli security forces and supporting "terrorists" in Gaza had died along with two other squad members.

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Persons: Hazem Qassem, Tareq Selmaa, Benjamin Netanyahu, Emily Rose, Nidal, Ali Sawafta, Barbara Lewis, Hugh Lawson Organizations: West Bank, REUTERS, Hamas, Washington, Thomson Locations: Jenin, Raneen, JERUSALEM, Gaza