A Palestinian child holds a candle and a flag to show her solidarity with people in the Gaza Strip and to protest against the Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, in the West Bank city of Nablus, May 20, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
RAMALLAH – Palestine said on Tuesday that the truce between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which was reached last Friday, has to include the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made the remarks during a meeting with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in the West Bank city of Ramallah, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made the remarks during a meeting with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in the West Bank city of Ramallah
The two leaders reportedly discussed the latest developments in the Palestinian territories after the end of the 11-day fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.
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During the meeting, Abbas stressed that the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire must include reconstructing what had been destroyed by the Israeli fighter jet airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
The ceasefire must also include stopping the measures and assaults of Israeli soldiers and settlers against the Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, he added.
On Tuesday, Palestinian medical sources said that a young Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in Ramallah.
Ahmed al-Betawi, director of Palestine medical complex in the city, told reporters that the man, named Ahmed Jamil Fahd, is from al-Amari refugee camp near Ramallah.
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