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Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Officer, 2 Suspected Militants
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1235805:3919ACA Palestinians say
the intelligence officer Ali Jabarin was killed when Israeli tanks and
troops encircled Palestinian security headquarters in Jenin
Palestinian officials say Israeli troops have killed a Palestinian
intelligence officer and two suspected militants, in separate raids in
the West Bank.

Palestinians say the intelligence officer Ali Jabarin was killed when
Israeli tanks and troops encircled Palestinian security headquarters
in Jenin, in a hunt for wanted militants.

Israeli radio says Israeli forces killed two suspected militants in a
separate shootout in the nearby village of Qabatiyeh.  The report said
the two brothers were members of the militant Palestinian Islamic
Jihad group.

Meanwhile, Israel says an American teenager wounded April 17 in a
suicide bombing in Tel Aviv has died.  The youth is the 11th fatality
in the bombing, which has been linked to Islamic Jihad.

In another development, Israel's Supreme Court has upheld a
controversial law that restricts West Bank Palestinians from living
with relatives in Israel.

The law says only Palestinian women over the age of 25 and men over 35
are eligible to join their families in Israel and eventually receive
citizenship.

Critics have called the law racist and have demanded its repeal.  The
Israeli government says the law is aimed at boosting security inside
Israel. Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and
Reuters.


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