Israelis kill two Palestinians near Bethlehem

Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinians today near the West Bank town of Bethlehem where the army has launched an incursion…

Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinians today near the West Bank town of Bethlehem where the army has launched an incursion, hospital sources said.

Mr Abdul Kader Abu Srur was shot on the outskirt of the Aida refugee camp close to Bethlehem, while two other Palestinians were wounded, the sources said.

Israeli troops also gunned down a Palestinian woman, Ms Mariam Sbeh, 35, and wounded four others in the nearby village of Al-Khader.

The latest killings raised the day's death toll to five and brought the overall toll for the year-old intifada, or Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation, to 890 dead.

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