QUDS, MAY 14, SPA-- ISRAELI SOLDIERS SHOT DEAD SEVEN PALESTINIANS DURING ARMY OPERATIONS SUNDAY IN THE NORTHERN WEST BANK, PALESTINIAN WITNESSES AND MEDICS REPORTED, ACCORDING TO DPA. THE FIRST SHOOTING OCCURRED DURING A GUNFIGHT SPARKED BY AN ARMY ARREST RAID IN JENIN. SOLDIERS REPORTED FIRING AT AN ARMED PALESTINIAN AND SAID THEY HAD HIT HIM, THE SPOKESWOMAN SAID. IN NEARBY KABATIYA, AN ELITE ISRAELI FORCE SHOT DEAD TWO MILITANTS DURING CLASHES AFTER SURROUNDING THEIR HOUSE. PALESTINIANS SAID A LARGE ISRAELI ARMY FORCE BACKED BY 30 ARMOURED VEHICLES AND JEEPS HAD STORMED THE VILLAGE OF QABATYA NEAR JENIN, TO SEARCH FOR WANTED MILITANTS IN THE AREA. THE ARMY FORCE SURROUNDED A BUILDING IN THE VILLAGE, WHICH WAS FULL OF PALESTINIAN GUNMEN. FIERCE GUNBATTLES ENSUED BETWEEN THE SOLDIERS AND THE GUNMEN, WITNESSES ADDED.
