Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian and wounded at least two others on Sunday at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, Israel Radio said. A spokeswoman said the army was checking the report. The radio said troops at the Hawara checkpoint near the city of Nablus opened fire at a vehicle in which four Palestinians were travelling, killing one of them and wounding two others. The men, all civilians in their 20s, had been trying to bypass the checkpoint to get to jobs elsewhere in the West Bank, Palestinian drivers who use the same route were quoted as saying by Reuters.
