Army says man opened fire on soldiers during op; Palestinians claim dead man 70-year-old farmer.
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Troops killed a Palestinian gunman during a West Bank operation early Wednesday morning, the IDF said.
The army said troops were on a routine operation west of Jenin when the man opened fire on them. The soldiers then returned fire, killing the gunman.
When the troops approached the body, they found a hunters rifle and later discovered ammunition nearby, the army added.
Palestinians claimed the dead man was a 70-year-old farmer. The man's son, Taher Abahreh, said his father was in a small enclosure outside the town of Yamoun guarding his livestock when he was shot. He said troops were unsuccessfully trying to treat Muhammad Abahreh when he arrived about an hour after neighbors heard gunfire.
Palestinian security officials confirmed Abahreh's account.
Another of the man's sons, an Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades commander, was killed in an IDF operation in Jenin three years ago, Israel Radio reported, quoting sources in the West Bank town.
In other operations in the West Bank overnight Tuesday, IDF troops arrested 11 Palestinian terror suspects. The detainees were transferred for interrogation.
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