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Palestinian men were killed by Israeli forces in four separate incidents in the occupied West Bank. Jawad Rimawi, 22, and Thafer Rimawi, 21, who were students at Birzeit University, were killed early on Tuesday about 16km (10 miles) north-west of Ramallah. Palestinian sources said the brothers had visited a relative in the village of Beit Rima as Israeli forces carried out an operation in the area.
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UN has warned that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is “again reaching a boiling point” after an escalation violence in the West Bank and Israel. Israeli forces are carrying out search-and-arrest raids almost every night in the West Bank, where at least 140 Palestinians have been killed this year, most by Israeli fire. More than 30 Israelis have also been killed amid a spate of gun and knife attacks by Palestinians.
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of young Palestinians threw stones and petrol bombs at Israeli forces, who responded with riot dispersal means and live fire, during overnight confrontations. Mufeed Ikhlil, a 44-year-old father of six, was shot in the head by Israeli troops and died in hospital. Eight other Palestinians were shot and injured. West Bank-based Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh called the three killings an “ugly crime”, while the spokesman of President Mahmoud Abbas warned that “the daily killing of Palestinians is a declaration of war”. A spokesman for the militant group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, said Israel’s “escalation of its crimes and terrorism will be met with an escalation of resistance”.
