Israel ? Israeli servicemen killed two Palestinian militants believed to be behind several terrorist attacks in a shootout in the West Bank town of Jenin early on Tuesday, the army reported.

One of the militants, shot dead while trying to flee from a house surrounded by the troops, has been identified as Khaled Hussein, a senior Islamic Jihad figure.

One Israeli suffered light wounds in the operation, and six militants were arrested.

A spokesman for the al-Quds Brigades, an armed wing of Islamic Jihad, confirmed the deaths of the movement’s members. Speaking on local radio, a group spokesman pledged to respond with “rockets, not words.”

“The enemy will pay for this crime against our brothers,” Abu Hamza said.