Two members of Hamas killed

The Israeli security forces killed two persons belonging to the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement.

An Israeli official said the two men were killed after an exchange of gunfire when Israeli forces surrounded a house in Beit Ade village near Hebron, and three others were arrested.

A high-ranking Israeli leader said the Israeli forces moved according to intelligence reports that those people were planning suicide attacks on the anniversary of the establishment of the Hamas movement, which is today.