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The death toll from Israel’s latest military incursions into the occupied West Bank has risen to six, after a young Palestinian died of wounds inflicted during clashes with the regime's forces. 20-year-old Zakaria Muhammad Zakaria al-Za’oul was shot in the head by a live Israeli bullet in a village west of Bethlehem. He was taken to hospital for treatment but later pronounced dead. Palestinian media reported that two young men were also critically wounded by Israeli gunshots. Earlier on Monday, Israeli forces launched a raid on the Jenin refugee camp, killing five Palestinians and injuring more than 90 others. Israel used Apache attack helicopters in the West Bank for the first time in two decades. Since the start of this year, Israeli forces have killed at least 160 Palestinians, including 26 children.
Slamming anti-BDS bill
The UK government has introduced a bill, which bans local councils and universities from boycotting Israel and those companies that trade with it. The bill received its first reading in parliament on Monday while the second reading is set for July. Dozens of civil society groups have urged the government to drop the measure. They say it would threaten freedom of expression. Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn also condemned the move, which targets the Palestinian civil society movement known as Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions or BDS. He said the bill is a disgraceful attack on the freedom to fight for human rights, justice and peace. Corbyn added that sanctions helped end apartheid in South Africa and will be essential to ending the apartheid regime in Israel too. The BDS movement aims to end international support for Israel's systematic oppression of Palestinians and pressure the regime to comply with international law.
Ukraine 'dirty bomb'
Russia's foreign intelligence service has warned that Ukraine is continuing work on the creation of a “dirty bomb.” The agency says it has information that a batch of "irradiated fuel" had been transferred from the Rivne nuclear plant in western Ukraine to Chornobyl for processing. It added the move could only be explained by Kiev intending to create a dirty bomb, combining radioactive material with conventional explosives. It called on the UN nuclear watchdog and the EU to monitor Ukraine’s activities. Russia's foreign intelligence service warned that Ukraine’s potential use of a dirty bomb will have grave consequences for the people and ecosystem in Eastern Europe. Ukrainian authorities have not yet commented on the claim. However, the IAEA discounted the suggestion, saying it had been notified of the transfer in advance, and the atomic material remains under the agency’s safeguards.
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