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Skip links Skip to Featured Content Skip to Content Feed Skip to Most Read Al Jazeera, link to home page Navigation menu News Show more news sections Ukraine war Features Economy Opinion Video More Show more sections LIVE Click here to search Featured Content People check damage in a house where two Palestinians were killed during an Israeli raid in Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in occupied West Bank raid The men were killed during an Israeli army raid in Nablus some locals described as an ‘invasion’. RELATED STORIES ‘Disaster’: Palestinian homes used as Israeli bases in Jenin Did Israel achieve its military goals in Jenin? ‘They can’t break our spirit’: Jenin residents after Israel siege Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrives at Prague, Czech Republic, July 6, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. 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