Israel raids West Bank, 2 Palestinians killed in gunbattle

By JOSEPH KRAUSS
Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces have raided a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, setting off a gunbattle. The Palestinian Health Ministry says two Palestinians were killed and another 15 were wounded in the fighting on Thursday. The Israeli military says one soldier was wounded. The raid came two days after a Palestinian from a village near Jenin shot and killed five people in central Israel. In a separate incident, a 28-year-old man was stabbed and moderately wounded at a West Bank junction. The Israeli military said the Palestinian assailant was killed by a bystander. The government late Thursday announced $56 million in emergency funding for more police officers and equipment.