Europe News Desk!!! A Palestinian has died from injuries sustained in an Israeli army attack on a refugee camp near the West Bank city of Jericho. The Palestinian Ministry of Health gave this information. The ministry said in a press statement on Wednesday that the Palestinian Liaison Office for Security Coordination with Israel informed the ministry that 22-year-old Jamal Hamdan died hours after he was shot by Israeli soldiers in the Aqbat Jaber refugee camp. Palestinian witnesses said heavy clashes broke out in the refugee camp between dozens of Palestinians and Israeli soldiers who stormed the camp, Xinhua news agency reported. The Israeli army confirmed that a Palestinian, who was shot while fleeing the scene, died on the way to hospital, while three others were arrested during the raid. It accused the arrested Palestinians of being involved in the killing of an Israeli civilian near Jericho a few days earlier. Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem have been rising since January, killing 65 Palestinians and 13 Israelis so far this year.
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