EKO HOT BLOG reports that the local head of the Palestinian militant group, the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, has been killed in an Israeli operation in the occupied West Bank.
Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, 26, and two other people were killed during the raid on a house in the city of Nablus.
At least 40 people were injured, the Palestinian Red Crescent said.
The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades is a network of militias linked to Fatah, the Palestinian movement which controls the West Bank.
Israel has accused Nabulsi of leading a cell which carried out a spate of attacks against Israelis in the West Bank.
Three of his associates were killed in a raid in February, but Nabulsi escaped, Israeli media say. He subsequently evaded efforts to apprehend him.
Tuesday’s raid saw Israeli troops use shoulder-launched rockets on the Nablus house in order to force Nabulsi out.
The exchange of gunfire at the house – and elsewhere in the city – resulted in the large number of injuries, some in a critical condition.
Israeli troops suffered no casualties.
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