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Three Palestinians killed in Gaza and West Bank amid violence, conflicting reports emerge

From Aftenposten · () Norwegian

Translated from Norwegian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Three Palestinians were killed in the West Bank and two in Gaza, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health and the Israeli military.
  • The Israeli military stated its Gaza strike targeted militants, while Palestinian media offered a different account of the West Bank incidents involving settlers and soldiers.
  • Independent verification of the conflicting reports from both sides was not possible.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that three Palestinians, including a 16-year-old boy and two men, were killed in the West Bank on Thursday. In Gaza, two Palestinians died in an Israeli airstrike, which the Israeli military (IDF) stated was aimed at militants.

The IDF claimed that three individuals were killed in two separate alleged Palestinian attacks. According to the IDF, two Palestinians stabbed a settler near Nablus in the West Bank while the settler was trying to extinguish a fire. The settler was injured, and two other settlers killed the alleged attackers. However, Palestinian media reported that Israeli settlers set fire to fields in a Palestinian village, and when Palestinians confronted them, Israeli soldiers opened fire.

In a separate incident, the IDF reported that a Palestinian man stabbed and wounded a soldier near Jenin. The conflicting accounts from both sides could not be independently verified. Israel has conducted near-daily strikes in Gaza for over nine months since a U.S.-backed ceasefire took effect.

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Originally published by Aftenposten in Norwegian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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