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Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli police | Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli police |
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Three Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli forces in Qalandiya refugee camp in the West Bank. | |
Nineteen Palestinians were wounded in the confrontation, Palestinian medical sources said. | Nineteen Palestinians were wounded in the confrontation, Palestinian medical sources said. |
Israeli officials said a large crowd attacked police with stones and petrol bombs during an arrest operation and "riot dispersal methods" were used. | |
Palestinian medics said all those killed were hit by live gunfire. | |
Palestinian sources named the dead as Rubeen Abed Fares, 30; Yunis Jahjouh, 22; and Jihad Aslan, 20. They said Fares and Jahjouh were both shot in the chest, and that Aslan had died of brain damage. | Palestinian sources named the dead as Rubeen Abed Fares, 30; Yunis Jahjouh, 22; and Jihad Aslan, 20. They said Fares and Jahjouh were both shot in the chest, and that Aslan had died of brain damage. |
Palestinians cancelled a session of peace talks with Israel which were due to take place on Monday, in response to the killings, unnamed Palestinian sources said. | |
Direct negotiations between the two sides resumed earlier this month after a three-year hiatus. The last round of peace talks broke down in 2010 amid disagreement over the issue of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. | |
Israeli army spokesperson Lt Col Peter Lerner told the BBC that security forces had gone to the area, about 12km (seven miles) north of Jerusalem, "to detain a terror operative". | Israeli army spokesperson Lt Col Peter Lerner told the BBC that security forces had gone to the area, about 12km (seven miles) north of Jerusalem, "to detain a terror operative". |
He said that during the operation, hundreds of Palestinians started to attack security forces with "blocks and rocks, posing an imminent threat to their lives". | |
"[A] large violent crowd such as this, which significantly outnumbered security forces, leave no other alternative but to resort to live fire in self-defence," he said. | "[A] large violent crowd such as this, which significantly outnumbered security forces, leave no other alternative but to resort to live fire in self-defence," he said. |
Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said three police officers were injured after being hit by stones. | Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said three police officers were injured after being hit by stones. |
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah condemned the killings, saying "such a crime proves the need for an urgent and effective international protection for our people". |