A PALESTINIAN POLICEMAN CHECKS DAMAGE TO HIS SECURITY POST IN HEBRON, 2001-08-22 (photo)

A Palestinian policeman checks the damage to his security post which was hit by Israel gunfire the night before during exchange of fire between Palestinian gunmen and Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron August 22, 2001. Israeli soldiers shot dead four Palestinians in the early hours of Wednesday near the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian officials said. The Palestinian officials and witnesses said three civilians were killed as they tried to rescue a gunman who had been shot by soldiers in a gun battle, and that the gunman also later died. AJ/FMS