Palestinian men check blood stains left on the ground in the area where Israeli security forces reportedly killed three Islamic Jihad militants when they came under fire, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Four Israeli soldiers were wounded during the operation, one of them seriously, according to the police. The bloodshed comes amid heightened tensions ahead of the start of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, that has seen violence spiral in Israel and the occupied West Bank. IMAGES