Скачать или смотреть Funeral for 2 Palestinians killed near Nablus

(28 Oct 2022)
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Nablus - 28 October 2022
1. Wide of Palestinian security members carrying body during military funeral
2. Mid of mourners carrying two bodies and marching
3. Wide of Palestinian militants and mourners marching during funeral
4. Various shots of mourners carrying bodies and chanting (Arabic)" God is the greatest"
5. Masked Palestinian militants marching during funeral
6. Various of mourners carrying bodies and Palestinian flags during funeral
7. Palestinian firefighting vehicles during funeral
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STORYLINE:
Hundreds of Palestinians on Friday mourned two men who according to Palestinian health officials were killed by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank early in the day.
Conflicting claims about the incident emerged after the shooting near the city of Nablus, the West Bank's second largest, in the latest sign of escalation in recent months.
The Israeli military said troops at an army post south of Nablus opened fire after being shot at from a passing car.
It said troops identified two suspicious vehicles and responded with live fire, reporting "hits."
The army did not specify whether this referred to people in the cars being killed or wounded.
An armed group, the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, portrayed the incident as an attack and said its fighters were involved, but was short on specifics.
The group is an offshoot of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party.
The Palestinian prime minister, Mohammed Ishtayyeh, claimed the two men were killed in cold blood, but did not provide evidence.
The Palestinian Health Ministry identified those killed as two men from the Askar refugee camp near Nablus, ages 47 and 35.
Ishtayyeh said they worked for the Civil Defense, a department in the Palestinian self-rule government that includes firefighters and other emergency services workers.
Later in the day, mourners carrying their bodies during a funeral and marched across Nablus.
Ongoing Israeli arrest raids in the West Bank pose a serious challenge to Abbas' Palestinian Authority.
Abbas relies on security cooperation with Israel, particularly against his Islamic militant rivals, to remain in power.
At the same time, this cooperation is deeply unpopular among Palestinians who chafe against Israel's open-ended occupation, now in its 56th year.
Younger Palestinians are particularly disillusioned. Small bands of gunmen have formed in some areas, first in the Jenin refugee camp, a stronghold of militants, and now in Nablus.
These groups challenge the Palestinian Authority and carry out attacks against Israeli targets.
More than 125 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli-Palestinian fighting in the West Bank and east Jerusalem this year.
The fighting has surged since a series of Palestinian attacks killed 19 people in Israel in the spring.
The Israeli army says most of the Palestinians killed have been militants. But stone-throwing youths protesting the incursions and others not involved in confrontations have also been killed.
Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war and has built more than 130 settlements there, many of which resemble small towns, with apartment blocks, shopping malls and industrial zones.
The Palestinians want the West Bank to form the main part of their future state.
Most countries view the settlements as a violation of international law.
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