Five Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers over the weekend. Three of the deaths occurred during an Israeli raid in the West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday. Then, the cousin of one of the men killed in Nablus died during his cousin’s funeral after troops fired on an armed Palestinian who was about to throw a firebomb, Israeli army spokesmen said.
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