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Wanted Palestinian militant killed in West Bank raid | Wanted Palestinian militant killed in West Bank raid |
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A Palestinian militant has been shot dead by Israeli troops in the West Bank, the Israeli army has said. | A Palestinian militant has been shot dead by Israeli troops in the West Bank, the Israeli army has said. |
Mohammad Assi, a member of Islamic Jihad, was killed during a gunfight near the village of Bilin, army spokesman Lt Col Peter Lerner said. | |
Assi reportedly exchanged fire for several hours with the soldiers from a cave after escaping an arrest raid. | Assi reportedly exchanged fire for several hours with the soldiers from a cave after escaping an arrest raid. |
He was suspected of planning a bomb attack on a bus in Tel Aviv on 21 November 2012 that injured 29 people. | He was suspected of planning a bomb attack on a bus in Tel Aviv on 21 November 2012 that injured 29 people. |
The attack happened at the end of an eight-day Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip. | The attack happened at the end of an eight-day Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip. |
"Mohammed Assi was hiding out in various places over the last year trying to avoid detection. This morning his running came to an abrupt end," Col Lerner wrote on Twitter. | "Mohammed Assi was hiding out in various places over the last year trying to avoid detection. This morning his running came to an abrupt end," Col Lerner wrote on Twitter. |