Two Palestinians accused of murdering three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank have been killed by Israeli forces.<br /><br />Palestinian reports said soldiers approached the house of the suspects in Hebron with a bulldozer and then fired a rocket at it.<br /><br />An Israeli military spokesman said “we opened fire, they returned fire and they were killed in the exchange.”<br /><br />Three members of the family were also taken away for questioning during the operation.<br /><br />The Hebron Governor said the two men were assassinated and condemned the shooting as “premeditated murder” by Israeli forces.<br /><br />Israel had been searching for Marwan Kawasme and Amar Abu Aysha who were both in their thirties for several months.<br /><br />They were suspected of killing three Israeli seminary students near a Jewish settlement in the West Bank in June.
