<div style="text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Israeli forces seeking to arrest suspects from a recent shooting attack killed on Monday "a&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">number" of armed men during a gunfight in the Palestinian city of Jericho in&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">the occupied West Bank, the army said.</span></b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">According to the Palestinian health ministry, "three citizens were shot by&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;">the Israeli occupation during the attack on Jericho," one of them in critical&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">condition.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The Israeli army said in a statement that "a number of armed assailants were&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;">killed after firing toward IDF (Israel Defense Forces) soldiers who were&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">operating in the area."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The army did not say how many people were killed in the Aqabat Jabr camp at&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;">the entrance to the city. It reported no casualties among its forces.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The Monday raid was aimed at arresting "the Hamas terrorist squad that&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;">carried out the shooting attack" on January 28, when two armed men approached&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">an Israeli restaurant near Jericho, the army said.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">One of the gunmen opened fire at the restaurant but his weapon jammed after&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;">just one bullet that did not hurt anyone.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The two then fled to Jericho, and the army has since been conducting searches&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;">in the area. AFP</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>