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Two dead in West Bank clashes

By AAP Newswire

Sep 1, 2022

Men throw rocks at a tank in the West Bank. — Two Palestinians have been killed in the latest Israeli military raids in the West Bank. -AP

Two Palestinians have been killed in separate clashes with the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry says.

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A 25-year-old man from the al-Ein refugee camp in Nablus was shot in the neck on Thursday and a 26-year-old man from the Qalandia refugee camp, near Jerusalem, was shot in the heart, the ministry statement said.

The military said in a statement it was aware of reports of two Palestinians killed during overnight operations in the West Bank.

The statement said Israeli soldiers responded to fire with fire in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus.

It said soldiers in al-Bireh, near Ramallah, responded with dispersal means to "violent riots" in which rocks and Molotov cocktails were hurled at them.

The Israeli military has been conducting near-daily raids in the West Bank since the start of the year and these often lead to Palestinian casualties.

The raids have intensified in recent months since a spate of deadly Arab street attacks in Israel.

Israel says the raids are a security measure targeting suspected militants. Palestinians consider the raids a form of collective punishment and say they are fighting against decades of Israeli occupation.Â

By AAP Newswire

Australian Associated Press