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PALESTINE

Israeli troops kill 1 in refugee camp clashes

Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man during clashes in a refugee camp in the West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said. The fighting rocked the Dheisheh camp in Bethlehem, a ministry statement said, identifying the dead man as Ayman Muhaisen, 29. The Israeli military said forces operating in the refugee camp were pelted with rocks and explosive devices, but didn't elaborate on the kind of explosives. The troops responded with live fire. The death was the third within 24 hours after a woman was shot on Wednesday, and a man was killed in an Israeli raid later that day.

CZECH REPUBLIC

2 dead, 50 injured in fire at care home

Two people died and more than 50 were injured in a fire at a care home for Alzheimer's patients near Prague, emergency services said on Thursday. "Firefighters unfortunately found two people dead," the regional emergency service said on Twitter. It added that two other residents of the home in Roztoky, north of the capital, were in critical condition, two were seriously injured and 51 had light injuries. The fire broke out on Wednesday and firefighters were still at the site on Thursday morning.

Agencies Via Xinhua