Israel kills Palestinian militant in raid

Ramallah (West Bank), Mar 22: Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian militant and arrested two others in a raid today near the West Bank town of Jericho, the Israeli army said in a statement.

Witnesses said the soldiers surrounded a house in the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp and opened fire, killing a 22-year-old from the Islamic Jihad militant group after he refused to surrender.

The raid occurred a day after Israel arrested 10 Palestinians in a van outside Jerusalem with explosives the Jewish state suspected were for use in a suicide bomb attack.

Reuters