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Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, July 14
KHARTOUM -- At least 46 civilians were killed and 37 others wounded in an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a village in North Kordofan State, western Sudan, volunteer groups reported on Monday.
The Sudanese Doctors Network, a volunteer organization, reported that the attack took place on Sunday in Hillat Hamid village. Among the 46 fatalities were five women, and the wounded numbered 37. The group said local residents had to bury the victims in mass graves. (Sudan-Civil War-Death Toll)
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DAMASCUS/JERUSALEM -- At least 99 people have been killed and around 200 others wounded over the past two days in southern Syria's Sweida province, as clashes escalate between local Druze militias, Bedouin tribes, and government forces, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Monday.
According to the Britain-based monitoring group, the fatalities include 60 from the Druze community -- among them two women and two children -- 18 from Bedouin tribes, 14 from the defense authorities, and seven unidentified individuals wearing military uniforms. (Syria-Israeli Strike-Sweida Clash)
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GAZA -- At least 47 Palestinians were killed in Israeli shelling and gunfire across Gaza on Monday, according to Palestinian sources.
Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense in Gaza, told Xinhua that in central Gaza, five people were killed and four others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian gathering in the Bureij refugee camp, and one person was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a water distribution tanker in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp. (Gaza-Israeli Attacks-Casualties)
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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli military said Monday it struck several Syrian army tanks in southern Syria, amid escalating clashes between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes in southern Syria's Sweida province.
In a statement, the military said it identified Syrian tanks advancing between al-Mazra'ah and Sami' towards Sweida, and carried out strikes "to prevent their arrival in the area." (Israel-Syrian Tanks-Druze-Bedouin Clashes)
