A gunfight between members of the Al-Aksa Brigade left two dead, including a fugitive wanted by Israel. One of those killed, Al-Aksa leader Saleh Nassar, had survived two attempts by Israeli troops to kill him, Palestinians said. The other fatality was an Al-Aksa member wounded in the firefight in the West Bank city of Tulkarm and then killed by other militia members who followed him to a hospital and killed him in revenge for Nassar’s death, Reuters reported.
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