One of the dead is identified as a known militant from the refugee camp in Jenin.
Since early last year, the occupied West Bank has been the scene of a series of Palestinian attacks on Israeli targets, as well as acts of violence against Palestinians by Israeli settlers and repeated Israeli military raids.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the military’s action, which he claimed had prevented attacks on Israeli citizens.
The armed Palestinian group Islamic Jihad vowed to avenge the new shootings.