Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in counterterrorist operations. Troops seeking to arrest the Islamic Jihad chief in Nablus on Wednesday shot dead his bodyguard when he reached for a gun, military sources said. In the Gaza Strip village of Beit Hanoun, the army said its forces fired at two gunmen while searching for Palestinian rocket crews.
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