Israeli troops kill three Palestinians in sweep

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by Atef Sa'ad | Reuters

NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot dead three Palestinians during a sweep for militants in the West Bank on Wednesday, drawing angry funeral chants aimed not just at Israel but also Palestinian leaders accused of failure.

Two of the men were shot in the West Bank city of Nablus, where Israeli soldiers have killed at least 17 Palestinians in the past three weeks in clashes with gunmen and youths throwing stones and lobbing concrete blocks from high buildings.

An army spokesman said a unit arresting a group of wanted men in Nablus shot and killed a Palestinian threatening them with a pistol and a second man hiding in a bush who refused to surrender. He was later found to be unarmed. Another man who fired at soldiers was killed in the city of Tulkarm.

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1. "sweep" is an interesting term here

I suppose after the next suicide bombing, we'll hear about Israelis killed "during a sweep for soldiers"?