West Bank Raid Kills 4 Members of Islamic Jihad
An Israeli military raid on a West Bank refugee camp killed four Palestinian militants Wednesday, and a Palestinian stabbed an Orthodox Jew to death in Jerusalem, officials and witnesses said.
At the Tulkarm camp, Israeli soldiers surrounded a house and exchanged fire with militants inside and outside, witnesses said.
Residents said the dead were members of Islamic Jihad. Two other Palestinians were wounded, they said.
Israeli military officials identified the Palestinians in the confrontation as top local leaders of Islamic Jihad, which has claimed responsibility for suicide bombings this year in Tel Aviv and Netanya.
Earlier Wednesday, a Palestinian stabbed two young ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem’s Old City, police said, and one of the victims later died. The assailant escaped. Israeli media reported that the dead man was a seminary student from Britain. His name was not released.
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