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Undercover Border Police forces encountered and killed three armed Palestinian militants in the West Bank city of Qalqilyah overnight Thursday, Israel Radio reported. According to the report, the troops spotted the three militants in the city's center. In the incident, the Al Aqsa Martyr's Brigades leader in the city, Aatef Sha'aban was moderately injured and evacuated by a Red Crescent ambulance. One of those killed was senior Al Aqsa Brigades activist Abed Rahman Nazal. The two other men were reportedly associated with the Fatah movement. In a separate incident early on Thursday, Israel Defense Forces troops encountered and killed three...

Last Update: 08/10/2003 21:30 IDF to call up four battalions of reservists after Sukkot By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent Israel Defense Forces chief of staff Lieutenant General Moshe Ya'alon, decided Wednesday to call up four battalions of reserve infantry soldiers after the Sukkot holiday, to be deployed in the Gaza Strip and along the Green Line border between Israel and the West Bank in the Jenin, Tul Karm, Qalqilyah and Ramallah sectors. The reservists will be deployed in order to boost troops already on high alert for terrorist attacks and in some cases will replace regular army units whose training...