Israeli soldiers disarmed, then fatally shot Palestinian police
By Phil Reeves, The Independent, 15 December 2001  SALFIT, THE
WEST BANK -- Israeli Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres, says some
of his government's military strikes against the Palestinians
make him "shudder."  Peres would have had good reason to shudder
yesterday, had he listened to the testimonies from the residents
of Salfit. They described in detail how an Israeli undercover
death squad arrived in the West Bank town in a pre-dawn raid and
shot two young policemen at close range as they lay unarmed on
the ground.  The Israeli soldiers, dressed in black, spoke
Arabic so fluently that Iman Herzala,­ who heard them talking in
the street outside her house, at first wondered whether they
were Palestinian forces taking part in a training exercise. But
that was before she saw the executions, less than 100 metres
from her front door.  Residents had scraped earth over the spot,
but yesterday afternoon patches of blood were visible, and a low
wall bore th