Palestinian officials arrested four men for allegedly killing two Israelis earlier this week in the West Bank city of Tulkarm. Palestinian security officials said that one of the four was Maslama Thabet, a nephew of Thabet Thabet, a senior Fatah official in Tulkarm. Palestinian officials accuse Israel of recently assassinating Thabet Thabet for ordering attacks on Israelis.
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