NABLUS, Nov 19: Israeli troops shot dead five Palestinians, including a teenager and a member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, in a raid on the West Bank town of Tulkarem on Tuesday. Eleven other Palestinians were wounded in the raid, he said.

Palestinian security sources said earlier that a special unit of soldiers disguised as Palestinians killed 25-year-old militant Tareq Mohammed Zaghal in his home.—AFP