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The Israeli navy has instructed residents of southern Israel to stay close to bomb shelters, and faculties had been nonetheless closed for a second day as a precaution towards assaults by Palestinian militant teams within the Gaza Strip.
Within the West Financial institution, the navy mentioned that Palestinian gunmen opened hearth at troops within the Palestinian city of Qabatiya within the northern West Financial institution throughout a military raid. Troops returned hearth, killing the 2 males, and confiscated their firearms, it mentioned.
The Palestinian Well being Ministry recognized the slain males as Ahmed Assaf, 19, and Rani Qatanat, 24. No militant group instantly claimed the boys as its members.
Israel has been conducting near-daily raids for over a 12 months to detain suspected Palestinian militants, together with many from Islamic Jihad. The northern West Financial institution metropolis of Jenin and its environs have been the frequent goal of such raids because it has emerged as a hub of Palestinian militant exercise.
Israel says the raids within the West Financial institution are supposed to dismantle militant networks and thwart future assaults.
Not less than 107 Palestinians, round half of them militants, have been killed by Israeli hearth within the occupied West Financial institution because the begin of 2023, based on an Related Press tally. Not less than 20 individuals have been killed in Palestinian assaults focusing on Israelis.
Israel captured the West Financial institution within the 1967 conflict and the Palestinians search the territory, together with east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, for a future unbiased state.
