Did public opinion turn on murdered director Juliano Mer-Khamis for performing plays that went against conservative Islamic values?

The red carpet had seen better days. But this was Jenin, a long way from Tinseltown.

A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli troops on Wednesday during a military operation in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, Palestinian medical sources said. Saleh Fuqahaa (24) died after being shot by Israeli soldiers who opened fire to disperse Palestinian stone throwers, medics and witnesses said.

The leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades opened fire on Tuesday on the empty car of Palestinian Interior Minister Nasr Yussef in the West Bank stronghold of Jenin, witnesses said. Zakaria Zubeidi scarred Yussef's parked car with bullets at the Palestinian security services headquarters in Jenin. Yussef was reviewing security forces at the time.

Israeli troops have dynamited the West Bank family home of a Palestinian suicide bomber who killed 19 people in the northern town of Haifa on Saturday. A 30-strong column of Israeli tanks and other armoured vehicles launched a pre-dawn raid in the West Bank town of Jenin, where a curfew was imposed on Saturday.

Five Palestinians, including four children, were killed on Friday as Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen battled in Jenin, evoking memories of heavy April fighting in the West Bank town.