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Who is Lions' Den, a new Palestinian group Israeli forces attacked in the West Bank?

Israeli troops raided the occupied West Bank saying they were targeting members of the Lions' Den. Here's what we know about the new armed Palestinian group.
Mourners attend the funeral of Palestinians killed in an overnight Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday. The Israeli army said it was targeting an emerging armed group called Lions' Den.

TEL AVIV — This year has already been the deadliest Palestinians have experienced in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in many years. But a brazen Israeli special forces operation before dawn Tuesday, which killed five Palestinians, including at least one militant, and wounded 20, was this year's single bloodiest confrontation in the West Bank yet.

Israel's target was not one of its usual suspects, like the Hamas or Islamic Jihad militant groups. It was the Lions' Den, a new renegade group of young armed men, many in their teens and early 20s. They

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