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Three killed, three wounded in Israeli strike in Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil

Palestinian factions, including rivals Hamas and Fatah, to hold unity talks in China

Jul 16, 2024 05:30 174

Three killed, three wounded in Israeli strike in Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil  - 1

Three civilians were killed and three wounded in Israeli strike on a building in the southern Lebanese city of Bint Jbeil, three security officials told Reuters, quoted by BTA.

The Israeli military announced that fighter jets struck a target of "Hezbollah" for storing weapons in the area of Bint Jbeil and on a military structure of "Hezbollah" in the area of Kfarkela in southern Lebanon.

Palestinian factions, including rival "Hamas" and Fatah will hold unity talks in China in July, two senior Hamas officials told Reuters. and "Fatah" on Monday, in an attempt to overcome deep differences.

The two factions met in China in April to discuss reconciliation efforts to end a 17-year rift between them.

The meetings are taking place amid rising tensions between the two factions over the ongoing war by "Hamas" with Israel. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who heads the "Fatah" movement, previously criticized the Islamist group "Hamas" for the war, while Hamas, for its part, accused the Palestinian president of siding with Israel.

The two main Palestinian factions have been at odds since "Hamas" won parliamentary elections in 2006 and took over the Gaza Strip in 2007 after a brief civil war in which it routed Western-backed Palestinian forces loyal to Abbas.

Since 2007, efforts by Arab states, led by Egypt, have failed to end power-sharing disputes between Hamas, which rules Gaza, and the Fatah movement. of Abbas, which is the backbone of the Palestinian Authority, Reuters recalls.