| Israeli forces killed a Palestinian policeman in a gunfight while scouring the West Bank for militants after mobs broke open Palestinian jails, while Washington gave Israel a rare rebuke for its air raids on Gaza City that sparked the riots. Tarek Hindawi, 22, was killed in a firefight which erupted when Israeli troops entered the Palestinian self-rule town of Halhul near Hebron in what Israeli public radio said was an operation to arrest Palestinian activists. The Israeli troops also seized at least one militant wanted by Israel and linked to Fatah. Israeli troops also destroyed three small buildings. One of the buildings razed had housed a factory producing home-made rocket launchers. |