A Palestinian militiaman was killed today in Nablus (West Bank) in an ambush set by the army while preparing to carry out an attack.
The military radio reports it.
Some of his companions managed to escape.
The Palestinian news agency Wafa has identified the young man killed in Saed al-Kuni.
Together with him, three other compatriots were injured by Israeli fire and are hospitalized.
The Jewish New Year begins today and the police and the army have raised the state of alert to the maximum in the whole country.
From tonight the crossings with the West Bank - where, according to military radio, 20 Palestinian attacks have taken place in the last month, will be closed - and with the Gaza Strip.
The same source reported that the four Palestinians are members of a cell called 'The Lions' Den' who, traveling aboard a motorcycle and a car, '' were about to carry out an attack. "In recent days, reported the radio, this cell has already attacked the Jewish settlement of Har Brachà (Nablus) twice with automatic weapons, without causing casualties.