Israeli raid threatens new round of violence

Israeli forces have killed three Palestinian militants in a West Bank raid linked to a suicide bombing attack. The incident threatened to scuttle a fresh truce and fuel a new round of violence.

Israeli forces encircled a house in the West Bank town of Qabatiyeh last night and killed two militants, including Jihad Zakarne, an Islamic Jihad member whom Israel accused of planning a deadly suicide bombing last week, witnesses and Palestinian security officials said.