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RAMALLAH, West Bank, March 25 (Reuters) – Two Israeli soldiers were wounded in a drive-by shooting by a Palestinian militant group in the occupied West Bank town of Huwara on Saturday, the military said.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) issued a statement saying that the shootings had been carried out. The military said that the suspect was being pursued.

It was the third shooting reported around Huwara in a month, raising fears in part of more violence during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which coincides with the Jewish holiday of Easter in April.

A Palestinian gunman opened fire on an Israeli couple in their car in Huwara, wounding the man, as Israeli and Palestinian officials made commitments at a meeting to reduce violence in Egypt on Sunday.

A gunman from the militant group Hamas killed two residents in a car in Aqaba last month during the first round of Israeli-Palestinian de-escalation talks in the same city.

Settlers responded to this attack by burning Palestinian homes and cars, killing at least one Palestinian.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, whose recent comments about Huwara have drawn widespread criticism from the Palestinians, said Israel must not allow attacks from the city to become routine.

“We have to take significant action when we come under fire,” he said.

Over the past year, thousands of Israeli forces in the West Bank imprisonment including combatants and civilians 20More than 0 Palestinians were killed, and more than 40 Israelis and three Ukrainians died in Palestinian attacks.

Reporting by Maayan Lubell; Edited by Andrew Heavens and Giles Elgood

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2023-03-25 23:34:01
Source – reuters

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