Israeli forces raided a home above a bakery in a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, killing one man in a gunbattle in Jenin, a city that has seen some of the worst bloodshed in the current round of Israeli-Palestinian fighting. Violence has gripped the region since last spring, when Israel launched near-nightly raids in response to a spate of deadly Palestinian attacks. It's become the fiercest fighting in the West Bank in some two decades, and along with increased violence by radical Jewish settlers and settlement expansion by Israel's far-right government, has fueled tensions in the region.
Israeli forces raided a home above a bakery in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, killing one man in a gunbattle in Jenin. The troops surrounded a building containing a bakery and a home. In a statement, the Israeli military said special forces were arresting two militant suspects when they came under fire, shot back and entered the building.
Mustafa al-Kastouni, 32, member of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, opened fire at troops during raid in northern West Bank city; Border Police officer lightly hurt
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