Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Activist

10/03/2005| IslamWeb

Israeli troops have killed an Islamic Jihad activist in a raid on a village near the West Bank town of Jenin, the army says.

 

Media reports said the man was behind the recent Tel Aviv bombing that killed five Israelis.

 

Aljazeera's correspondent in Jenin reported that Israeli forces entered the village of al-Nazla al-Wista in northern Tulkaram on Thursday morning.

 

After surrounding the man's house, the troops sent a dog in to flush him out, the army said.

 

The Israeli army said the activist shot and killed the dog, then opened fire on the soldiers.

 

The troops then destroyed the building, killing the man inside.

 

All the other residents left the building before it was demolished.

 

In searches of the rubble the soldiers found the man's body and a pistol, the military said. The fighter was not identified.

 

At a summit last month in which Israeli and Palestinian leaders declared a halt to the violence, Israel said it would not target Palestinian activists unless they were about to carry out an attack.

 

Ending raids such as the one on Thursday morning is a major condition of the Palestinian groups for abiding by a commitment to halt violence.

 

 

 

PHOTO CAPTION

 

US peace activist Brian Avery, who was shot by the Israeli army in Jenin 05 April 2003 waits at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem. (AFP)