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Israel kills 6 Palestinians in West Bank, Gaza raids

Fayyad calls it 'dangerous escalation'

AFP, Nablus Ramallah
Israeli troops killed six Palestinians yesterday in two separate operations, including a raid in the West Bank targeting members of President Mahmud Abbas's Fatah movement.
The incursion in the northern West Bank town of Nablus saw dozens of Israeli jeeps surround three houses in the historic Old City before troops barged in and shot three men, witnesses said.
The military said all three were militants who hail killed an Israeli settler when they ambushed a car elsewhere in the West BankonThursday.
"Special forces killed three terrorists responsible for carrying out the shooting," the military said in a statement, adding that one of the men. Anan Subuh, 36, was armed.
"When he was killed, (Subuh) was armed with a handgun and hiding two M-
16 assault rifles, an additional handgun, and ammunition," it said.
Family members said the troops entered without warning and killed the men in cold blood, insisting that none had resisted arrest or Tired any shots.
Subuh was a member of Fatah's armed wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, but had been granted amnesty by Israel. The other two .men were party activists, according to a Palestinian security official who asked not to be named.
A woman was wounded during the operation, according to Palestinian medics.
Another three Palestinians were meanwhile killed in the Gaza Strip as they approached the security fence separating the Hamas-ruled territory from Israel.
An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed the Gaza strike, saying the men appeared to be trying to carry out an attack.
"Soldiers spotted the silhouettes of several men who were crawling towards the security fence and Tired warning shots which were ignored," she said.
"An air force unit opened fire on them and then discovered evidence on the ground that proved they wanted to carry out a terrorist attack," she added.
According to medics and border guards of the Islamist I lamas movement, which controls Gaza, the three men were civilians scavenging for scrap metal near the security fence.
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad condemned an Israeli operation in the West Bank on Saturday that killed three alleged militants, calling it a "dangerous escalation."
The Western-backed leader accused Israel of deliberately undermining gains made over the past two years by Palestinian security forces, who have restored law and order in several former militant strongholds.