Israeli army kills Palestinian activist in West Bank

JERUSALEM: Israeli soldiers early Tuesday killed an armed Palestinian activist in the village of Sanur near Nablus in the north of the West Bank, a military spokesman announced.           

An army unit surrounded a building where a wanted Palestinian was hiding and he came out shooting. The soldiers gunned him down, said the spokesman, who did not state which organisation the Palestinian belonged to.             

His death brought to 5,393 the number of people killed since the start of the intifada in September 2000, most of them Palestinians, according to an AFP count.             

Meanwhile, 14 Palestinians wanted by the Israeli security services were arrested overnight in the West Bank, the spokesman said.