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Live blog update| Third Intifada

Clashes break out in Hebron, Gaza Strip

Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli military forces clashed on Saturday shortly after three Palestinians were killed during reported stabbing attacks.

Clashes erupted between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces at the entrance of Shuhada Street and the Bab al-Zawiya area in central Hebron after an Israeli settler shot and killed Fadil Qawasmi. 

Dozens of Palestinian youths threw rocks at Israeli soldiers who responded with rubber-coated steel bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas bombs, reported Ma'an News. 

Bayan al-Esseil, 17, was also killed in the Hebron area on Saturday after stabbing an Israeli border police woman in the hand.

The Fatah movement in Hebron declared a day of mourning and several shop owners closed their shops in honor of those killed.

Meanwhile in the Gaza Strip, a march set off from Al-Quds Open University in the Wadi Abu Kteila area in north Gaza. 

The march, organised by the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, ended at the Erez crossing where Palestinians and Israeli forces clashed.