40 injured in Gaza as cooking gas tanks explode, and the Israeli military injures five civilians in the West Bank. These stories and more coming up, stay tuned.

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At least 40 Palestinian civilians were injured as a cooking gas tank exploded inside a restaurant at Jabailia refugee camp in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources said that all 40 injured were moved to hospitals and gave no further information.

The Palestinian police and fire fighters arrived at the scene and stopped the fire, local sources reported.

Meanwhile Five Palestinian civilians were reported injured on Thursday at dawn during attacks by the Israeli military targeting a number of west Bank communities.

Local sources reported attacked in Bethlehem and Hebron cities, southern West Bank, as well as Jenin in the north.

Four men were attacked by soldiers at a military checkpoint out side Bethlehem city While on man was beaten up by troops inside the old city of Hebron, sources added.

In Jenin Israeli troops invaded the city center and fire sound bombs at residents' homes, no injuries were reported there.

In June the Israeli military said it would stop its invasions into the cities of Ramallah and Qalqilia, as well as Bethlehem and Jericho. However, to date, attacks targeting those cities have continued.

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