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Guardian: Israeli Troops Open Fire at Coffee Shop

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli troops raided a West Bank coffee shop filled with men playing cards Friday morning, wounding three and arresting more than a dozen others during a search for fugitives, Palestinian officials said. The Israeli army said its soldiers fired at three men who had ignored orders to halt.

Two of the wounded were electricians doing repair work.

Military officials said troops did not fire into the coffee shop. An Associated Press reporter counted eight bullet holes in the windows of the coffee shop and 11 more inside, and saw glass shards on the floor.

The raid came hours before Israel announced it was sealing off the West Bank and Gaza Strip - keeping about 3 million Palestinians from entering Israel and preventing Palestinian residents of the West Bank from leaving their communities. The closure was part of an effort to prevent militant attacks on Israelis over the Yom Kippur holiday beginning Sunday evening.