Al-Qassam Website - Israeli occupation aircraft have assassinated three Palestinian citizens near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin while travelling in a civilian vehicle on Wednesday evening.

Local sources reported that an Israeli occupation drone had targeted a civilian vehicle near occupied Jenin, killing three Palestinian freedom fighters Mohammed Owais, 28, Ashraf al-Sa'adi, 17, and Sohaib al-Ghoul, 27.

The sources added that the Israeli occupation forces blocked ambulance crews from reaching the targeted car and seized the martyrs' bodies.

Since the beginning of the year, a total of 178 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli occupation forces and colonial settlers.