Moussa Abu Hmaid said an Israeli sniper had shot dead a 56-year-old woman outside Ramallah hospital. Medical workers had found the bodies of two other Palestinians, a handicapped man named Ayoub Musallam, 40, and Mohammed Mahroum, 32.
Troops thrust into the northern city of Tulkarm and nearby villages of Anabta and Kafr al-Labad.
In Tulkarm, soldiers used loudhailers to order terrified residents to stay indoors or be shot. "A curfew is imposed. Any violators will be fired at," they shouted, witnesses said.
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