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Israeli forces kill five Palestinians in Jericho

Israeli forces have shot dead at least five Palestinian men during a raid on Jericho in the eastern occupied West Bank. The large-scale raid took place in the early hours of Monday in the Aqabet Jabr refugee camp – which has been under an Israeli siege, as described by Palestinians, for more than a week – and continued until after dawn. Confirming the death of five people, the governor of Jericho said three others were injured. The Israeli military initially said in a statement that it had killed seven men in total, including two responsible for an attempted shooting attack in Jericho on January 28, and five others who had […]