Israel suspends withdrawal from two West Bank towns

Sunday, October 28, 2001

BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- Israel suspended a planned withdrawal from two West Bank towns Saturday after it said Palestinian gunmen fired on its soldiers. A Palestinian was killed in one clash, bringing the death toll to 38 in Israel's weeklong occupation that prompted a U.S. rebuke.

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