Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians after West Bank settler attack
The Israeli military has shot two Palestinians dead in the occupied West Bank town of Silwad, east of Ramallah, according to medical sources speaking to our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues.
Earlier, Israeli settlers had stormed the Palestinian community, resulting in deadly confrontations breaking out.
West Bank’s Silwad residents to go on strike to protest killing of two Palestinians
We reported earlier that the Israeli military shot two Palestinians dead in the occupied West Bank town of Silwad, east of Ramallah. Residents in the town are now organising a comprehensive strike to mourn the men, one of whom has been identified by the Quds News Network as Khamis Ayyad.
The second deceased person is yet to be identified.
مصادر محلية: إضراب شامل في بلدة سلواد شمال شرق رام الله حدادا على روح الشهيد خميس عياد الذي ارتقى خلال هجوم مليشيات المستوطنين وجيش الاحتلال على البلدة فجر اليوم. pic.twitter.com/1y5Opv7lW0
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Translation: A comprehensive strike in the town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah, in mourning for the soul of the martyr Khamis Ayyad, who was killed during an attack by settler militias and the occupation army on the town at dawn today.
Baby suffers from tear gas inhalation in Israeli raid near Hebron: Report
A six-month-old baby has suffered from tear gas inhalation during an Israeli military raid in a village southwest of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency.
During the military incursion, eight people were arrested, the report said.
According to Wafa, raids also took place in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, where several homes were raided and four men were detained, and in the village of Umm al-Khair in the Masafer Yatta area, where homes were searched, ransacked, and three men were arrested.
