Militia leader shot dead in Israeli ambush

Israeli undercover troops shot dead a Palestinian militia leader in an ambush in Hebron today just hours after Israeli paratroopers took position at the entrance of another West Bank town in a warning to Palestinian gunmen.

Emad Abu Sneineh, 25, was killed by a burst of fire as he got out of a car near his home, said Nabil Abu Sneineh, a relative.