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“The armed militants in refugee camps, including Fatah (Abbas’s party) have not moved so far, but a change in behaviour of Israeli forces, the loss of legitimacy of leaders and a process of demoralisation within Palestinian security forces could lead to more attacks”, Shikaki warned.

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Palestinian camp activist Raed Hamdan identified the two as Ahmad Jahajha, a 21-year-old resident of the Qalandia camp, and Hikmat Hamdan, 29, from the nearby town of el-Bireh.


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“There can never be justification for wanton attacks on civilians like we saw today”, said Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev. Four Palestinian protesters reportedly were injured by IDF gunfire, the Palestinian Maan news agency reported.


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In the survey, consisting of 1397 adults throughout the West Bank and Gaza, 67 percent of respondents said they supported the use of knife terror attacks against Israelis.

Qalandiya camp was established in 1949 in the wake of the creation of Israel and has grown into a densely populated town with 11,000 registered refugees.

The latest killings increased the Palestinian death toll to 121, said Maan, while AFP put the number at 119.

The spokesperson also warned that punitive demolitions of Palestinian houses and the withholding of bodies of alleged attackers from their families can only aggravate the situation.

More than half of the Palestinian fatalities have been attackers, while others have been shot dead by Israeli security forces during clashes. He was also related to Younis Jahjouh, 22, who was killed by the IOF, along with Rubin Ziad, 32, and Jihad Aslan, 19, in a similar invasion two years ago, according to IMEMC.

Although officially opposed to violence, Mr Abbas said that it was “justified popular unrest” in response to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land.

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UN “Human Rights” Council spokeswoman Cécile Pouilly expressed grave concern “at the unrelenting violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and in Israel”.

An Israeli policeman checks a car at the scene where a motorist rammed into a bus stop injuring at least nine people before he was shot dead in Jerusalem. – Reuters pic