Israel, Turkey reach an understanding that could lead to rapprochement, says

Nobody was wounded and the soldiers “responded towards the direction of the attack”, the military said. Israelis have killed at least 113 Palestinians in the same period, of whom 76 are said by Israel to be assailants.

The Palestinian health ministry named the dead men as Ahmad Jahajha, 21, and Hekmat Hamdan, whose age was not disclosed. Two cars were later seen with a large number of bullet holes in the camp. Salah Aruri is alleged to have been involved in the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens past year and to have planned attacks against Israel from Turkish territory.

The violence has killed 119 on the Palestinian side, 17 Israelis, an American and an Eritrean.

Since the onset of unrest and ongoing clashes between Palestinians and the Israeli army and forces in the West Bank including Jerusalem, Gaza and Israel, over 13,000 Palestinians have been injured.

Palestinians are frustrated at the failure of long-running peace efforts with Israel and its 48-year occupation of the West Bank.

The Palestinians did not identify their casualties.

The preliminary agreement also mentions Ankara expelling senior Istanbul-based Hamas member and limiting the group’s operations in Turkey, Haaretz reported.

“I can confirm that artillery fire was used”, a spokeswoman told AFP.

The deal was reached during a recent meeting in Switzerland between the incoming head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, Yossi Cohen, Israeli envoy Joseph Ciechanover and Turkish foreign ministry under-secretary Feridun Sinirlioglu, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Hanan Ashrawi strongly denounced Israel’s failure to prosecute the suspects behind the deliberate burning and killing of the Dawabsheh family and said, “We are not asking Israel to extra-judicially execute the suspects, to demolish their homes, to deport them, to place them under administrative detention, or to revoke their IDs”.

A top United Nations official called on Israeli and Palestinian leaders to put aside political fears and stop ignoring underlying problems fueling violence and a perspective among Palestinian youth that they have “nothing to lose by sacrificing their lives”.