Israeli troops killed a suspected Palestinian terrorist in a West Bank refugee camp as he tried to escape. An army spokeswoman said that after searching the Palestinian’s home in the Balata refugee camp near Nablus, soldiers spotted him on the roof. He was shot and killed when he tried to flee, she said.
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