A suicide bomber was killed Sunday when his device prematurely exploded near a settlement in the northern West Bank while another Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli troops in the area. Witnesses said that body parts of the bomber could be seen scattered near the site of the explosion close to the settlement of Karnei Shomron, east of the town of Qalqilya.
| Body parts=Cause -> Wall=Effect... |
"One Palestinian exploded himself between the village (of Jinsafut) and the settlement," a Palestinian security source said. An Israeli military source said: "It appears a suicide bomber prematurely detonated himself", adding that there were no Israeli casualties.
| "Yeah, well maybe there ain't no casualties, but somebody's gotta clean up that mess!" |
Meanwhile a Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli soldiers near the troubled northern West Bank town of Nablus. Fuad Jarwuan, 18, was fatally injured when Israeli soldiers aboard two jeeps opened fire to disperse a group of stone-throwing Palestinians in the village of Zeita, south of Nablus. An Israeli military source said that the shooting had taken place after troops came under attack. "During a routine patrol the force came under attack by a violent crowd who threw stones and large rocks," the source said. "IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) troops identified an armed Palestinian who had lit a Molotov cocktail. A hit was identified."
| Molotov cocktail=Cause -> Shot in the head=Effect... |
Nine Palestinians have been killed in the Nablus area since December 26, when Israeli troops began an operation to round up wanted militants. |