Palestinian gunman killed in West Bank
Published: 03 June, 2007, 18:21
Israeli troops have shot dead a gunman in the West Bank town of Janin. According to Palestinian security officials, the man was a commander from a militant group of Fatah and Islamic Jihad gunmen.
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