Hyderabad, Jan. 15 -- Two Palestinian men were shot dead on Saturday, by the Israeli army during a military raid carried outin Jenin, West Bank, while a third Palestinian died of wounds sustained in a separate Israeli raid, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

The two men, 24-year-old Ezzedine Bassem Hamamreh, and 23-year-old Amjad Adnan Khaliliyeh - were killed as the Israeli soldiers opened fire on the vehicle they were travelling in.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group said that Hamamreh and Khaliliyeh were its members. In a statement, the group condemned the killings, describing the two men as "heroic martyrs".

The Palestinian health ministry said that the third Palestinian, 19-year-old Yazan Samer -Jabari, died of wounds ...