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Israeli forces target Palestinian mourners at funerals in the West Bank
11 October 2023 15:21 BST
As Israel continues to bombard Gaza, violence has also erupted in the occupied West Bank, with 23 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces.
Israel has enforced a complete closure of the West Bank since hundreds of Palestinian fighters poured in from Gaza and killed around 1,200 Israelis.
Israeli soldiers have been storming neighbourhoods to suppress marches to denounce Israel’s attacks.
Ihab al-Alami, a journalist from Beit Ummar, told MEE that Israeli soldiers killed a young man on Saturday, and then later opened fire on mourners at his funeral, killing another. At the second slain man’s funeral, soldiers opened fire once again, killing a third with a bullet to the head.
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