Two armed Jewish settlers shot dead in West Bank

national | miscellaneous | news report Tuesday July 30, 2002 14:27 by Pat C - Victory To The Palestinian Resistance

One injured in stabbing.

10:53 Tuesday July 30th 2002 Two armed Jewish settlers have been shot dead in the West Bank. One stabbed.

Two armed Jewish settlers shot dead in West Bank

10:53 Tuesday July 30th 2002

Two heavily armed Jewish settlers have been shot dead in the West Bank. It's being reported that they were engaged in a firefight by Palestinian commandoes near the city of Nablus, in an area under Israeli security control.

The Palestinian Resistance fighters suffered no casualties during the gunbattle. All of the Active Srvice Unit are reported to have returned safely to their base, despite beiung hunted by IDF helicopters.

Earlier, Israeli troops killed a Palestinian (armed only with a knife)who broke into a Jewish settlement, south of Nablus and stabbed an armed settler.