Israeli commandos killed an Islamic Jihad leader after surrounding his hideout near Hebron early on Tuesday. Ahmed Abu Duch, 24, was wanted for several terrorist attacks, among them the raid on Otniel in December 2002 in which four yeshiva students were killed.
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