Israeli Troops Enter Nablus, Imposing Curfew

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Israeli Troops Enter Nablus, Imposing Curfew

Israeli tanks and troops entered the West Bank city of Nablus before dawn Friday, hours after Palestinian gunmen killed six Israelis in an attack on a nearby Jewish settlement.

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Israeli tanks and troops entered the West Bank city of Nablus before dawn Friday, hours after Palestinian gunmen killed six Israelis in an attack on a nearby Jewish settlement.

Palestinian sources said about 50 tanks and a number of armoredbulldozers entered Nablus from three directions at around 4:00 a.m.(0100 GMT), meeting no resistance.

There were reports of sporadic gunfire by Israeli soldiers, whoannounced over loudspeakers an imposition of a curfew. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

The operation was the latest one Israel staged in retaliation against a new wave of Palestinian attacks in the past three days, including two suicide bombings in Jerusalem that killed 26 people.

On Thursday, Palestinian gunmen infiltrated a house filled withchildren in the Itamar settlement and opened fire. Six people, including a mother and her three children, were killed.

Earlier this week, Israel announced a change in its ways to retaliate against Palestinian terror attacks, saying further terror attacks will invite Israeli reoccupation of Palestinian-ruled territories.

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