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A Palestinian boy was killed Friday in a village near the West Bank city of Nablus during clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces, reported Palestine TV. Meanwhile, at least 40 Palestinians were injured during clashes with the Israeli security forces at the northern entrance of Ramallah.
Ala’ Bassam Bathash, 14, was killed by Israeli live fire in the village of Salfit, said the TV report.
In Nablus also, around 15,000 people marched through the streets in an angry funeral procession for Zahi al-Ardah, who was killed by a group of Palestinians in the nearby Askar when a refugee camp came under fire from Jewish settlers hiking over a nearby hill, reported AFP.
In Ramallah, Palestinian Legislative Council member Azmi Shueibi, was lightly injured during the clashes that erupted with the expiry of a 48-hour Israeli ultimatum for the Palestinian National Authority to end violence.
All the leaders of the Palestinian factions were at the scene of the violent protest.
The PNA has issued a statement condemning "Israeli violations of the Sharm el- Sheikh accords," and vowing to continue with resistance against Israel.
Meanwhile, Palestinian sources told Albwaba.com that Israel has been arresting Palestinians in the West Bank "C" areas, where the Jewish state maintains military and administrative control.
The sources said that the arrests are linked to the killing of two Israeli undercover soldiers in Ramallah eight days ago.
In Jerusalem, baton-wielding Israeli riot police scuffled with angry Palestinian worshippers outside Al-Aqsa Mosque, reported The Associated Press.
Elsewhere in the West Bank, some 10,000 people in Bethlehem turned out for the funeral of one of two members of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's personal bodyguard killed in a gas blast on Thursday, said AFP.
Chanting anti-Israeli slogans, the crowd burnt Israeli flags and claimed Israelis were behind the explosion, despite evidence that a bottle of cooking gas had exploded.
In other centers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, thousands of Palestinians poured out of mosques after Friday prayers and began spontaneous marches, calling for a continuation of the Intifada, or uprising against Israel.
But there were no immediate reports of violence.
An Israeli army spokesman said there had been clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians overnight and early Friday in the Gaza Strip, mainly near Rafah in the south and near the Jewish settlement at Kfar Darom.
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