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13 Palestinian killed by Israeli forces

Palestinians carry a wounded protester after clashes with Israeli forces. PHOTO: Mohammed Salem, Reuters

The death of 13 Palestinians, including two children, and wounding six Israeli soldiers in two attacks with knives during the last 24 hours.

13 Palestinians died on during the last 24 hours, shot by Israeli security forces at two separate scenes of violence – one in Jerusalem and another along border fence with Israel. Meanwhile, four Israelis were injured in stabbing attacks.

More clashes broke out near the West Bank cities of Hebron and Ramallah, while the unrest also spread to several other Arab towns in Israel. Scores of Palestinians have been injured, over a dozen by gunfire, Reuters reported, citing the Palestinian Red Crescent.

On Saturday afternoon, thousands of students from Palestinian universities gathered in a square near their educational facilities in Gaza and marched to the legislative council, condemning the Israeli violence against Palestinians of recent days, Ruptly reported. At the same time, thousands of Palestinians attended the funeral of a Palestinian who was shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes in the Shufat Refugee Camp earlier in the day, Palestinian Ma’an news agency reported. With flags raised, participants chanted slogans urging resistance and demanding revenge.

Both Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have called for calm and Palestinian police continue to coordinate with Israeli security forces to try to restore order, but there are few signs of the violence dying down.

The Ministry of Health writes in a post on the facebook that 20 Palestinians have been killed since the start of October. Nine have been killed in the Gaza Strip, and eleven in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Israel took East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip during the 1967 Middle East war and have occupied them ever since. However, Palestinians claim these territories for their own state. Both Palestinian police and Israeli security forces are now trying to restore order in the troubled region, with both Israeli and Palestinian leaders calling for calm and trying to find ways to avert further escalation in the decades-long crisis.

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