The military said that the two killed in the drone strike were gunmen, and that the third Palestinian killed by Israeli fire during the raid had hurled explosive devices at troops, who responded by opening fire toward the man.
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa named the two killed in the drone strike as Hamza Ararawi, 27, and Muhammad Nasser Al-Sabti, 19.
The army said that combat engineers destroyed a vehicle that contained several primed explosive devices during the raid, which began overnight and continued into the morning.
Two suspects in the car were detained by troops before it was blown up. Combat engineers also uncovered roadside explosives in the city. READ MORE
