Israeli firing kills 2 more Palestinians in West Bank - GulfToday

Israeli firing kills 2 more Palestinians in West Bank

  • 13 May 2023
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Mourners carry the flag-draped body of Eyad Al Hasani, killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on Saturday. AFP

Israel and Palestinians unleashed salvos of fire for a fifth day on Saturday, with the Islamic Jihad group launching dozens more rockets and the Israeli military pounding targets inside the Gaza Strip.

There were no immediate reports of casualties in Gaza or Israel on Saturday. But in a reminder of the combustible situation in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military raided the Balata refugee camp near the northern city of Nablus, sparking a firefight that killed two Palestinians. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the two as 32-year-old Said Mesha and 19-year-old Adnan Araj. At least three other Palestinians were wounded in the raid, the latest of near-daily Israeli arrest operations against suspected militants in the territory.

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Meanwhile, hopes for an imminent cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad were fading as the Israeli military early Saturday bombed an apartment belonging to Islamic Jihad commander Mohammed Abu Al Atta, among other targets.

Israeli officials told media that Egyptian-led efforts to broker a cease-fire were still underway but that Israel has ruled out the conditions presented by Islamic Jihad in the talks.

Associated Press

 

 

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