Israeli soldiers attack the West Bank, killing two Palestinians.

Two Palestinian men were killed by Israeli troops in an army raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Monday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. Ahmad Jibril, the head of the Palestinian Red Crescent Emergency and Ambulance Department in Nablus, reported that two Palestinians were severely wounded during the raid and were rushed to the Rafidia hospital. The Israeli military on its part said troops arrested two people during the raid who they claim were suspected of assisting a gunman who shot two soldiers in the occupied West Bank town of Hawara last month. Violence has surged in recent months in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem due to near-daily Israeli arrest raids in Palestinian-controlled areas. The U.S. has tried to broker talks between Israel, Jordan, Egypt and the Palestinians to try to defuse tensions during the holy month of Ramadan.

In addition to Monday's killing of two Palestinians, the Palestinian toll of those killed by Israeli or settler gunfire this year stands at 92. Palestinian attacks against Israelis have killed 15 people in the same period.