Israel Kills Senior Islamic Militant, Truce at Risk

[QuietStorm]

HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed a Palestinian militant commander on Thursday, triggering vows of revenge in increasing signs that a six-week-old truce critical to a new peace plan could collapse.

Fresh violence since an army raid last week that killed two Hamas militants and prompted two avenging Palestinian suicide bombings on Tuesday has overshadowed diplomacy to prevent the U.S.-orchestrated "road map" plan from unravelling.

Witnesses in Hebron, a West Bank stronghold of Muslim militants, said Israeli troops surrounded a building in search of Mohammad Seder, local head of Islamic Jihad's armed wing, touching off a gunfight followed by explosions in the premises.

A senior Islamic Jihad official said a body found at the house was that of Seder. A Reuters reporter at the scene said the body was removed with a machine gun still in his hands.

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1. language

why isn't the word militant placed in front of IDF personel?

e.g. "Militants from the IDF killed two Palestinians today."