"Israeli" troops kill Palestinian Fatah militant in Nablus

Source: AP, 10-10-2007
NABLUS, West Bank - "Israeli" troops shot and killed a Palestinian militant affiliated with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas` Fatah Party in a raid early Wednesday, members of the armed group said.
The shooting also wounded a senior militant from the Al Aqsa Martyrs` Brigades, the group said. The wounded man, Sufian Kandeel, had recently signed a deal granting him amnesty from "Israel", but had not fulfilled several conditions, group spokesman Mahdi Abu Ghazaleh said.
"Israel`s" army claimed it was checking into the report.
Witnesses said the "Israeli" soldiers entered Nablus` Old City, known as a militant stronghold, disguised in Palestinian security forces uniforms and carrying Kalashnikov rifles typical of the forces, witnesses said.
They spoke Arabic to passers-by, asking "how are you," and raising no suspicions as they took positions on rooftops, the witnesses said.
The troops shot toward about a dozen Palestinian militants, some of whom were armed, and wounded Kandeel, who was unarmed, Abu Ghazaleh said. As the militants tried to evacuate Kandeel, the troops shot again, killing another unarmed man, he said.
Members of the group had said earlier that they were not armed.
"Israel" has in recent weeks offered several gestures to Abbas in an effort to strengthen the leader in the eyes of Palestinians.