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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Army Closes Areas Near Gaza Citing Reprisals Risk

Senior Islamic Jihad official Bassem al-Saadi, seen here in 2013, has been arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank putting Israel on alert for reprisals SAIF DAHLAH AFP/File

Israel's army closed areas near the Gaza border to civilians Tuesday, citing a risk of reprisals, following the overnight arrest of two senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad members, the military and Palestinian sources said.

A 17-year-old Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces during a late Monday raid in the flashpoint West Bank district of Jenin. The army said it had operated alongside police, who arrested "two wanted terror suspects."

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