Israeli troops on a raid into the West Bank town of Jenin killed an armed member of a group affiliated to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement early Monday, the military and Palestinians said. A military statement said the man, carrying an assault rifle with a telescopic sight, was shot dead during exchanges of fire in the town's refugee camp, the Associated Press reported. The Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade named the dead man as Mohammed Haija, one of its Jenin commanders, and said another group member was wounded in the pre-dawn shootout.
