(10 May 2023)
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++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS SHOTS OF BODIES AT FUNERAL PROCESSION++
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jenin, West Bank - 10 May 2023
1. Mourners carrying two bodies wrapped with Islamic Jihad group flag and marching
2. Close up of mourners holding body wrapped with Islamic Jihad group flag
3. Various of funeral procession
4. Close up of body
5. Various of mourners
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Qabatiya, West Bank - 10 May 2023
7. Mourners holding body next to ambulance
8. Close up of body
9. Various of mourners
STORYLINE:
Mourners marched in the West Bank on Wednesday carrying the bodies of two Palestinians killed during an army raid in the town of Qabatiya.
The Israeli military said that Palestinian gunmen opened fire at troops in Qabatiya in northern West Bank during an army raid.
Troops returned fire, killing the two men, and confiscated their firearms, it said.
The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the slain men as Ahmed Assaf, 19, and Rani Qatanat, 24.
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group later claimed the two men as its members.
Israel has been conducting near-daily raids for over a year to detain suspected Palestinian militants, including many from Islamic Jihad.
The northern West Bank city of Jenin and its environs have been the frequent target of such raids as it has emerged as a hub of Palestinian militant activity.
Israel says the raids in the West Bank are meant to dismantle militant networks and thwart future attacks.
At least 107 Palestinians, around half of them militants, have been killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank since the start of 2023, according to an Associated Press tally.
At least 20 people have been killed in Palestinian attacks targeting Israelis.
Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 war and the Palestinians seek the territory, along with east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, for a future independent state.
AP video shot by Aref Tufaha
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