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Four Palestinians killed during Palestinian –Palestinian clashes, and Israeli army attack fishermen of Gaza City shores. These stories and more coming up, stay tuned.

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Four Palestinians were reported dead and numbers were injured as Palestinian security forces announced that clashes with Hamas fighters ended in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia on Thursday midday.
The clashes started early morning and lasted until midday, The security forces and the gunmen exchanged fire, after the gunmen opened fire at a vehicle that belonged to the Palestinian security forces, officials reported.
A security official in Qalqilia stated that the Hamas fighters hurled a grenade at the security patrol killing one officer and wounding several others.
The security forces surrounded a building where three fighters of Hamas barracked themselves. Witnesses speaking under conditions of immunity told IMEMC that security forces stormed the building after heavy exchange of fire and found the three fighters dead.
Tension was high in Qalqilia since the start of the week. On Sunday a group of Hamas fighters clashed with the Fatah controlled security forces in the city. The clash left two fighters, one civilian and three security officers dead.

Also in the West Bank Israeli soldiers invaded the Northern Plaines area, demolished homes and forced the residents out. The area is mainly inhabited by farmers, 30 days ago, the army handed the residents military orders to evacuate from the area where they had been living for decades.
Elsewhere Israeli soldiers kidnapped 18 Palestinians on Thursday morning in a number of invasions that targeted Jenin, Nablus, Ramallah, Bethlehem and Hebron.
In the Gaza Strip today, the Israeli navy kidnapped two Palestinian fishermen off the Gaza City shores, witnesses said that navy forces stopped the boat of the fishermen then took them to an unknown location.

Conclusion

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