Six Palestinians were killed in confrontation with Israeli forces

Number of Palestinians who were killed by the Israeli forces bullets during the past few hours increased to 6 in different confrontation in the west bank and Gaza.

In Nablus in the West Bank, the Israeli soldiers opened fire at Palestinian demonstrators while throwing stones in the downtown of the city and one was killed and another injured.

A spokesman for the occupation army said that bullets were fired at two Palestinians in Nablus market after one of them opened fire at the soldiers while the second detonated an explosive.

Two other Palestinians were killed later in the day Tuesday in confrontation in the downtown of Nablus which has been witnessing an increased activity for the Israeli army.

In Gaza, military sources said that one Palestinian was approaching Dougit settlement in Northern Gaza was killed on Tuesday evening by the bullets of the Israeli soldiers who were on board of one gunboat.

The Israeli sources said that the Palestinian was carrying one explosive and gave no further details.

Also in Gaza, two Palestinians were killed on Tuesday at dawn as they were approaching the banned area in East Gaza.

The number of Palestinians killed since the beginning of the Palestinian Intifada by the end of September 2000 increased to 2534 while 961 Israelis were killed.