A Palestinian resistance fighter has been shot dead by Israeli occupation forces after wounding two soldiers in the Gaza Strip.
An Israeli military source said on Thursday that troops opened fire after the fighter had attacked an Israeli checkpoint with grenades and gunfire and wounded two soldiers.
Jewish settlers in occupied
The soldiers were the first Israeli casualties in nearly two weeks following the deployment of Palestinian police in some parts of
Dozens of Palestinians have been killed, wounded and arrested in the same period of time.
In a separate incident, a second resistance fighter opened fire on colonists near the Eshkolot settlement south of the
The army would not say whether those hurt in the
The attacks come hours after officials on both sides had expressed their hopes that an 8 February summit in
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Flowers lie on the desk of 10-year-old Palestinian Noran Deeb as her uniform hangs over her chair at a school in the Rafah refugee