Israeli troops kill Palestinian militant – medics
Israeli troops killed a young Palestinian militant in the West Bank city of Tulkarm on Thursday, medics and witnesses said. Witnesses said the Israeli forces shot dead 17-year-old Fadel Balawneh, described by Palestinian security sources as a member of Islamic Jihad, as he tried to run away from a building which the army was surrounding. The Israeli army declined to comment. Israeli forces have mounted frequent raids in the occupied West Bank since the start of a Palestinian uprising in 2000. Full Story