"Israeli" troops kill three militants in West Bank

Source: AFP, 4-5-2007
RAMALLAH, West Bank - "Israeli" forces shot dead three Palestinians on Friday in a village in the north of the occupied West Bank, Palestinian medical sources said.
The three were killed in a gun battle in Silat al-Harithiya west of the town of Jenin, the sources said.
An "Israeli" army spokesman claimed that "Palestinian gunmen opened fire on a Border Police force carrying out an arrest raid. The force returned fire and identified hitting three of them."
According to "Israeli" security sources, a clash broke out after militants identified and then opened fire at a vehicle carrying an under-cover "Israeli" force. There were no casualties among the "Israelis".
Friday`s deaths bring to 5,678 the number of people killed since the start of the second Palestinian uprising in September 2000, the vast majority of them Palestinians, according to an AFP count.