Two Palestinian gunmen were killed by Israeli security forces in east Jerusalem on Saturday evening, Israeli police said.

According to the police, the Palestinian assailants were killed in a gunfight after they fired at the Israeli forces in the neighborhood of Sheik Said between east Jerusalem and the West Bank town of Bethlehem.

During the gunfire, four Israeli soldiers were also injured. Two were with moderate injuries while the other two were lightly injured.

Source: Xinhua