Fierce clashes erupt in Nablus, Jenin

Israeli soldiers shot Isam Arafat, 24, in the chest in Nablus' Old City shortly after occupation troops invaded the area and surrounded two buildings early on Wednesday, said Palestinian medical and security sources.

During the clashes, resistance fighters managed to detonate an explosive device near an occupation army vehicle, but it was not immediately clear whether there were any injuries or damage on the Israeli side, security sources said.

Five Palestinians were detained during the invasion, including one woman.

Earlier Israeli forces shot and killed a local leader of al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades during clashes in Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, said Palestinian sources.

The group is an armed wing of Palestinian President Yasir Arafat's Fatah movement.

Israel's latest killings come a day after occupation soldiers killed two members of the brigades in separate incidents in the West Bank and amid a major ongoing assault in the occupied Gaza Strip refugee camp of Rafah.

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