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Israel’s army on Friday said its forces killed Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad’s top commander for the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. The military said Mohammad Abdullah was “eliminated” on Thursday when Israeli aircraft struck the camp near the northern city of Tulkarem. An additional “terrorist” was killed in the raid, which recovered M-16 rifles and vests, it added. Abdullah was the successor of Muhammad Jabber, also known as Abu Shujaa, who was killed in an Israeli strike in late August. Islamic Jihad is an ally of Hamas, with both groups battling Israeli forces…

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