Israeli forces have traded fire with fighters on a near-daily basis since the outbreak of the war in Gaza. File photo

Three Israeli police officers killed on Sunday in the occupied West Bank, where Israel has carried out large-scale raids in recent days.

The attack took place along a road in the southern West Bank. The raids have mainly been focused on urban refugee camps in the northern part of the territory, where Israeli forces have traded fire with fighters on a near-daily basis since the outbreak of the war in Gaza.

The police confirmed that all three killed were officers and said the assailants slipped away.

One of the officers killed was Roni Shakuri, 61, from the southern town of Sderot near the Gaza border, police said. His daughter, Mor, who was also a police officer, was killed in a battle with Hamas fighters when they tried to take over the Sderot police station during the Oct. 7 attack.

A little-known group calling itself the Khalil Al Rahman Brigade claimed responsibility for the shooting on Sunday. Hamas praised the attack as a "natural response” to the war in Gaza and called for more.

Associated Press