RAMALLAH: At least four Palestinians were killed Thursday in a major Israel army operation in the West Bank city of Ramallah that wounded more than 20 other people, medics said.

Yussef Abdel Khader, 23, Khalil al-Badawi, 20, Ala al-Himran in his 20s, and Jamal Jawela, 29, were mortally wounded in gunfire that erupted after more than a dozen jeeps and several bulldozers, backed up by two helicopters, rolled into the center of the city.