| Wednesday night, a large force including tanks and troop carriers entered the northwest part of Hebron, according to eyewitnesses. They said the tanks advanced a kilometer into the city. One Palestinian Authority security official was killed in an exchange of fire, and others were wounded. Several Palestinians were arrested, including a Fatah activist who was an accomplice of Marwan Zalum, the head of Fatah's al-Aksa Martyrs Brigade in Hebron. Zalum was killed on Tuesday when missiles fired by an Apache helicopter slammed into his car. |