Israeli occupation forces killed two Palestinian activists during a raid early Sunday in the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian officials said. The Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, an armed wing of Fatah, said the men were killed after Israeli troops surrounded a building where they were hiding and ordered people out. An exchange of fire broke out, and the two men were killed, the group said.
The group said the dead included Amin Lubadi, 20, and Fadel Nur, 21.
On Saturday, Six Palestinians, including a 17-year-old girl, were killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said. Palestinian sources said occupation troops surrounded the house in the West Bank city of Jenin in which the 17-year-old, named as Bushra al-Wahish, was located, and ordered all its inhabitants to leave.
Three Palestinians were killed in the city Saturday afternoon, and a policeman was killed earlier in the day in a nearby village.
On Saturday night, a 37-year-old Palestinian man was killed and another wounded when an Israeli aircraft fired a missile at a vehicle in the Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
The Islamic Jihad militant group described the man as a civilian.
Palestinian leaders were quick to condemn the strikes. Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh condemned the killings in a statement, saying, "These crimes are new proof on the brutality of the occupation [Israel], its pursuit of liquidation and is a futile attempt to break the will of the Palestinian people and push them to surrender."
