An IDF force shot and killed two armed militants in central Nablus yesterday. The two were members of Fatah's military wing and had been suspected of involvement in shooting incidents, bombings and suicide bomber attacks.

The incident occured in the early morning hours, when a unit of the Golani Brigade identified two armed men, and exchanged fired with them. The two Palestinians were killed in the exchange. There were no IDF casualties.

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The dead are Muhind Marish, 20, and Ala Gliz, 24. According to the IDF, both had been involved in shooting incidents against army forces in the Nablus area.

Among the attacks the two were involved in was the incident in Nablus when a bomb was thrown at an IDF force in July 2006, killing a soldier and injuring five others.

The same Fatah cell, whose members received funding and orders from Hezbollah in Lebanon, was responsible for dispatching a suicide bomber that carried out an attack on French Hill in Jerusalem in September 2004, killing two border policemen.