- Title: ISRAEL: Israeli troops kill two militants in Jenin
- Date: 17th November 2005
- Summary: JENIN, WEST BANK (NOVEMBER 17, 2005) (REUTERS) TWO DEAD BODIES SHOT BY ISRAELI TROOPS BEING TAKEN AWAY IN AN AMBULANCE AMBULANCE DRIVING AWAY BLOOD STAINS ON GROUND NEAR CAR RIDDLED WITH BULLET HOLES VARIOUS OF INSIDE CAR MEN GATHER AROUND CAR MAN SHOWING BULLETS WIDE OF PLACE WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE
- Embargoed: 2nd December 2005 12:00
- Keywords:
- Location: Israel
- Country: Israel
- Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
- Reuters ID: LVA3BBLWAC9LTUJXG8QROZ1Z9RSW
- Story Text: Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian militants near the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday (November 17), Palestinian security sources and the army said. The army said Israeli paramilitary border police set up a roadblock to catch the men and opened fire after they ignored calls to stop, causing them to drive off the road and crash. A farmer who witnessed the incident said the Israeli forces had ordered the men to get out of their car before being shot. Palestinian security sources identified the men as militants from al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a group within President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement. The men were on Israel's wanted list, but had been absorbed into the security forces as part of Abbas's moves to end attacks on Israel following a truce in February, the sources said. Israel stepped up raids in the West Bank following a suicide bombing by Islamic Jihad that killed six Israelis last month. Continued violence has dimmed hopes that Israel's withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip in September could lead to renewed peacemaking.
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