- Title: WEST BANK: Israeli unit kills militant in West Bank
- Date: 10th October 2007
- Summary: EXTERIOR OF HOSPITAL MEN SITTING NEAR HOSPITAL MORGUE
- Embargoed: 25th October 2007 13:00
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- Topics: International Relations
- Reuters ID: LVAC4AXD4S76UWOQMIWDZTJNLOGH
- Story Text: An Israeli undercover military unit kills a militant from the armed wing of the Fatah movement in a pre-dawn raid in West Bank city of Nablus, residents and an Al- Aqsa Martyrs Brigades spokesman says.
Israeli troops shot dead a militant from the armed wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday (October 10), witnesses and the militant group said.
A spokesman from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade said that one of its members was killed by undercover Israeli forces operating in the West Bank city of Nablus.
An Israeli army spokesman said the army is looking into the details of the incident.
Israeli forces frequently raid West Bank towns in search of militants suspected of nvolvement in attacks against Israelis. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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