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September 20, 2023

Israelis Kill at Least 5 Palestinians in Last 2 Days as Gaza Blockade Tightens
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Israeli forces killed 19-year-old Palestinian Durgham al-Akhras during a
raid near Jericho in the occupied West Bank earlier today. His grieving
father decried his killing.

Mohammed al-Akhras: "He is an unarmed citizen, a child. He has nothing
to do with all this. … Durgham is an unarmed person. He is a civilian.
Whoever walks the streets should be shot just because he is one of our
people?"

One day earlier, on Tuesday, Israeli soldiers killed another four
Palestinians, including three in the occupied West Bank, in a raid on
the Jenin refugee camp, with 20 others injured. Separately, in the Gaza
Strip, 25-year-old Yousef Salem Radwan was shot dead by Israeli
soldiers.

On Sunday, Israel said it is keeping the Beit Hanoun crossing closed as
it violently cracks down on Palestinian protests. Beit Hanoun is the
only operational crossing for Gazans to enter Israel, including some
18,000 Palestinians who work in Israel.


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