AN ISRAELI UNDERCOVER UNIT SEARCHING FOR MILITANTS SHOT DEAD A PALESTINIAN IN THE WEST BANK CITY OF NABLUS ON SATURDAY, PALESTINIAN MEDICS AND WITNESSES SAID, ACCORDING TO REUTERS. THE WITNESSES SAID THE TROOPS OPENED FIRE AT A GROUP OF PALESTINIANS. AN ARMY SPOKESWOMAN SAID INITIAL REPORTS SHOWED THAT A PALESTINIAN GUNMAN WAS KILLED IN AN EXCHANGE OF FIRE BETWEEN TROOPS AND MILITANTS. IT WAS UNCLEAR WHETHER THE DEAD MAN WAS ARMED, WITNESSES SAID. DURING THE CLASHES, THE SOLDIERS SHOT ANOTHER PALESTINIAN, A MEMBER OF THE ISLAMIC JIHAD MILITANT GROUP, IN THE HEAD, MEDICS SAID, ADDING THAT THE GUNMAN WAS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THE WITNESSES SAID THE ISRAELIS USED GUNS WITH SILENCERS TO SHOOT THE GROUP AND THEN LEFT THE AREA.
