In those operations, Israeli forces killed 11 Palestinians, including a 12-year-old boy, in the bloodiest fighting since the Hamas takeover. The dead also included eight gunmen. In Nablus, five Israeli soldiers were wounded by bombs set off by Fatah fighters overnight in the old, densely populated part of the city known as the casbah, where troops combed alleyways and entered houses searching for gunmen and weapons. One Fatah man was arrested, the army said. In what has become a routine procedure, the army interrupted broadcasts on the city's radio and TV stations, and Nablus residents heard instead warnings in Arabic not to leave their homes. On Thursday morning, the streets were empty except for armored military jeeps.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/463063