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Event #2672 Israeli soldiers assassinate two Palestinians in Nablus
Date: Tuesday, 24 Jun 2008
After midnight, Israeli troops surrounded the house where the two Palestinians lived, in Al-Makhfiyeh neighborhood in Nablus and opened heavy fire at their flat killing the two residents and causing excessive damage before kidnapping five civilians, eyewitnesses reported.

Palestinian civil defense who found the bodies under the rubble, identified the two as, Eyad Khanfar, 24 a student at An-Najah University, and Tareq Abu Ghali, 25 an operative of the Islamic Jihad in Jenin.

Dr. Ghassan Hamdan, head of the Medical Relief Services in Nablus said that the two were shot many times in their bodies and some of the bullets penetrated their heads vertically.

The soldiers also detained five residents of the neighboring building who were terrified by the explosions and the shooting.

Eyewitnesses confirmed that no exchange of fire took place and that the two were killed although they were unarmed. Medical sources said troops did not allow ambulances to enter the area for five hours.

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