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Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in West Bank

Posted on: Sunday, 15 January 2006, 02:46 CST

NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed two Palestinians during a gunbattle in a West Bank village on Sunday, an Israeli military source and Palestinian medics said.

The military source said troops returned fire after being shot at from a building during a pre-dawn raid in Roujib, near the city of Nablus.

Palestinian witnesses said those killed were a 48-year-old woman and her 20-year-old son. Medics said four other family members were wounded.

The witnesses said the family had opened fire at people whom they thought were trying to steal their car.

The military source had no details on the dead or wounded but said arms and munitions had been found in the building.

The fatalities were the first Palestinian deaths since Thursday when a Palestinian bomber blew himself up and Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in the West Bank town of Jenin.

The incidents have broken a relative lull in violence since Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a massive stroke on Jan 4.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been struggling to contain internal disorder in the run-up to Palestinian parliamentary elections on January 25.

Source: REUTERS

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