Israeli troops kill Palestinian

ISRAELI troops enforcing a curfew on Palestinians during the Jewish Passover holiday killed a young Palestinian man in the West Bank city of Tulkarm yesterday, Palestinian witnesses and medics said.

They said Yusuf Yahya, 21, was shot several times after being spotted on a Tulkarm street by Israeli forces. They said Yahya had no connection with Palestinian militants fighting against Israel since September 2000.

An Israeli army spokesman said the man was shot after he threw two petrol bombs at patrolling troops and as he was preparing to light up a third. Military sources said later five wanted Palestinians had been arrested in Tulkarm after which the curfew was lifted and troops withdrew to the city’s outskirts.