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Sunday, April 5, 2015
‘IS beginning to pull forces out of Yarmouk camp’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAl Jazeera reports that Islamic State began pulling forces out of the Palestinian Yarmouk camp near Damascus, Israel Radio reports. Earlier the pan-Arab network reported that 70 IS fighters were killed in fighting with one of the Syrian opposition groups. There was no other confirmation of the report.
The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights says that Assad forces dropped 13 barrel bombs on the camp on Saturday.
An association of Islamic clerics called on the international community to protect the Palestinian civilians and to save them from attacks of both IS and the Assad regime, Israel Radio reports.
Hamas held a rally in solidarity with the Yarmouk camp Palestinians on Saturday. The Gaza-based terror group also called on the international community to intervene to help the refugees.
The Times of Israel Community.