Two Palestinians accused of last month's deadly attack are killed during an Israeli raid in Nablus.
Israeli security forces say they have killed two Palestinian militants accused of shooting dead a British-Israeli woman and her two daughters in the occupied West Bank last month.Palestinian officials confirmed the deaths of three men.
They were travelling to an event for the Passover holiday when gunmen opened fire at their car near the settlement of Hamra, 16km west of Nablus.Rina and Maia died at the scene, while Lucy succumbed to her wounds in hospital three days later.In Thursday's raid in Nablus, security forces targeted an apartment in the old city where the "murderers of Leah [Lucy's Hebrew name], Maia and Rina Dee" were hiding, the Israel Defense Forces said.
The two men were killed in an exchange of fire, along with a senior Hamas operative whom it named as Ibrahim Hura, the IDF added. It also said three assault rifles were found inside the apartment. Rabbi Leo Dee, Lucy's husband, said in a statement that he and their three surviving children were "comforted to hear that the Israeli security forces have eliminated the Iranian-funded terrorists responsible for Lucy, Maia, and Rina's murders".
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