Israeli forces shot and killed four Palestinians on Saturday during a raid on a home in the occupied West Bank to capture a wanted Hamas militant, according to Israeli military sources.The raid was carried out to capture Hamza Abu Alhija 24 a suspected militant, who was killed in the firefight. The three other Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces as they confronted protesters throwing petrol bombs and rocks at them during the raid to capture Alhija, Hamas supporters carried three bodies through the streets of the West Bank city of Jenin, shouting slogans against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose Fatah movement is involved in U.S.-brokered peace talks with Israel.Hamas, the Palestinian group that controls the Gaza Strip, does not recognize the state of Israel and opposes the negotiations.
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