PALESTINIAN GUNMEN AMBUSHED A GROUP OF ISRAELI TROOPS IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK ON MONDAY, KILLING ONE AND WOUNDING SIX OTHERS, WITNESSES AND THE ARMY SAID. THEY SAID A BOMB WAS DETONATED AMONG TROOPS AS THEY SCOURED THE OLD CITY OF NABLUS, SITE OF FREQUENT CLASHES DURING MORE THAN 5 YEARS OF FIGHTING. INITIAL REPORTS WERE THAT THE SOLDIERS WERE IN A VEHICLE, BUT IT LATER EMERGED THEY WERE ON FOOT. REUTERS TELEVISION FOOTAGE SHOWED A BLOODIED HELMET, PART OF A BOOT, AND ABANDONED BULLET CLIPS AT THE SCENE. AL-AQSA MARTYRS BRIGADES CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AMBUSH.
