APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Jenin - 20 May 2021. Palestinians attend the funeral of of 23-year-old Muntaser Jawabreh, who succumbed to his injuries after being wounded two days ago in clashes with Israeli troops during protests against the ongoing Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, in the village of Oum Dar east of Jenin in the West Bank.
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Israel and the Palestinians are mired in their worst conflict in years as Israel pounds the Gaza Strip with air strikes and artillery, while Hamas militants fire rockets into the Jewish state.
Tensions started in Jerusalem last month and further escalated on May 10 when hundreds of Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli police in the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound.
Deadly violence erupted across the West Bank amid a massive aerial bombardment in Gaza and unprecedented unrest among Arabs and Jews inside the country.
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people in the besieged Palestinian enclave were killed, including 65 children and 39 women according to the Palestinian Health Ministry
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