Palestinian shopkeepers look as Israeli armoured vehicles drive by during a raid in the eastern neighbourhood of Jenin amid a weeks-long offensive in the occupied West Bank. AFP
Israeli forces expanded their military offensive in the West Bank "to additional areas in Jenin", the military said.
The military said that in an exchange of fire, troops killed a local Hamas leader along with another Palestinian militant and arrested three more.
It said during a further inspection of the premises where the militants were, troops killed a third armed militant "who posed an immediate threat".
The Palestinian health ministry identified the alleged Hamas leader as Aser Saadiya, adding that his body was taken away by Israeli troops after he was shot dead in an eastern neighbourhood of Jenin.
In the early hours of Tuesday, the Palestinian Red Crescent said Israeli forces had handed over the body of another man in his 20s, killed in east Jenin.
The head of Jenin's government hospital, Wisam Baker, told AFP that a third man he identified as Jihad Alawneh was declared dead on arrival at the hospital early on Tuesday.
He said the 25-year-old had bled out after being shot in the thigh by Israeli troops.
The Israeli military launched a major offensive in the northern West Bank on January 21, deploying tanks in the territory for the first time in 20 years.
Dubbed "Iron Wall" by the Israeli military, the operation came days after a ceasefire took effect in Gaza.
It has involved raids in multiple refugee camps near the cities of Jenin, Tulkarem and Tubas, regarded as bastions of Palestinian militancy.
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