Israeli commandos killed a Palestinian militant in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, a military spokesman said said. He said troops shot the Hamas member dead during an arrest raid near the Palestinian-ruled city of Jenin. He was killed while trying to flee, the spokesman said. Palestinian officials said the Israeli raid took place in Kufur Dan, a village outside Jenin, and that the Hamas member was shot while in a car. Another Palestinian, who was driving, was taken into Israeli custody, they said, adding that the commandos were disguised as Arabs. The killing could further disrupt a shaky ceasefire between Israel and Hamas-led militant groups in the Gaza Strip. The truce, which began on June 19, applies to Gaza only but some militants there have retaliated for previous Israeli attacks in the...
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