Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinians in the West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said.
Abdul Rahman Atta, 23, and Huthaifa Faris, 27, were near killed near the village of Shufa.
Israel's military said it had "neutralised" two gunmen that fired at an Israeli car.
In the nearby city of Tulkarm, five Israeli border police officers were injured during a raid.
Israel's military said three officers were severely injured and two "lightly to moderately".
It added that an initial inquiry suggested the injuries were caused by an "explosive device".
A local arm of Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for targeting the soldiers.
The raid came amid widespread violence throughout the West Bank on Thursday.
Dozens of Palestinians suffered injuries and gas inhalation in overnight clashes with Israeli forces, which raided the eastern area of the city of Nablus, to secure the settlers’ storming of the Shrine of Joseph, a health official said.
Two Palestinians were injured by live bullets in the chest and hand, a third by shrapnel in the back and foot, and a fourth by a gas bomb to the head, said Ahmed Jibril, director of ambulance and emergency at the Red Crescent in Nablus, on Thursday.
About 120 others had to cope with suffocation, the official said.
The clashes erupted after Israeli security forces entered the West Bank city accompanied by a military bulldozer, to secure the settlers’ storming of the Shrine of Joseph.
Later, dozens of settlers, protected by Israeli forces, stormed the shrine of Joseph and performed Talmudic rituals.
Palestinians reportedly burnt tyres and threw Molotov cocktails and explosives at the Israeli forces and bulldozers.
Videos on social media also showed armed clashes between Palestinian militants and Israeli soldiers in Nablus overnight.
The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, affiliated with the Palestinian Fatah group, announced that its fighters were able to target an Israeli military bulldozer with an explosive device east of the city of Nablus as well.
Army raids
The northern West Bank city has been a rocked by frequent and fatal Israeli army raids and gun battles this year.
As Jews celebrate Sukkot – the week-long Feast of Tabernacles that marks the fall harvest and commemorates the desert wandering of the Jews during the Exodus – processions of ultra-Orthodox Jews through the Old City's narrow streets have led to numerous spitting incidents and left Jerusalem on edge.
The mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, is the most sensitive flashpoint in the Israel-Palestine conflict.
The compound is also sacred for Jews because it is widely believed to be the historic site of Jewish temples.
Violence in the West Bank has worsened over the past 15 months, with increased Israeli raids, Palestinian street attacks and settler rampages in Palestinian villages.
Palestinian Christians, clergy and pilgrims have also reported a surge in Israeli violence, mostly at the hands of ultraorthodox Jews in the city for Sukkot.
Videos of Jews attacking Christians, mostly by spitting at them, were widely circulated on social media on Monday.
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who oversees the country's police force, told Israel’s Army Radio on Wednesday that “spitting on Christians is not a criminal case.”
“Not everything is worth imprisonment,” Mr Ben-Gvir added.
His comment fuelled more outrage, particularly among Palestinians.
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Key changes
Commission caps
For life insurance products with a savings component, Peter Hodgins of Clyde & Co said different caps apply to the saving and protection elements:
• For the saving component, a cap of 4.5 per cent of the annualised premium per year (which may not exceed 90 per cent of the annualised premium over the policy term).
• On the protection component, there is a cap of 10 per cent of the annualised premium per year (which may not exceed 160 per cent of the annualised premium over the policy term).
• Indemnity commission, the amount of commission that can be advanced to a product salesperson, can be 50 per cent of the annualised premium for the first year or 50 per cent of the total commissions on the policy calculated.
• The remaining commission after deduction of the indemnity commission is paid equally over the premium payment term.
• For pure protection products, which only offer a life insurance component, the maximum commission will be 10 per cent of the annualised premium multiplied by the length of the policy in years.
Disclosure
Customers must now be provided with a full illustration of the product they are buying to ensure they understand the potential returns on savings products as well as the effects of any charges. There is also a “free-look” period of 30 days, where insurers must provide a full refund if the buyer wishes to cancel the policy.
“The illustration should provide for at least two scenarios to illustrate the performance of the product,” said Mr Hodgins. “All illustrations are required to be signed by the customer.”
Another illustration must outline surrender charges to ensure they understand the costs of exiting a fixed-term product early.
Illustrations must also be kept updatedand insurers must provide information on the top five investment funds available annually, including at least five years' performance data.
“This may be segregated based on the risk appetite of the customer (in which case, the top five funds for each segment must be provided),” said Mr Hodgins.
Product providers must also disclose the ratio of protection benefit to savings benefits. If a protection benefit ratio is less than 10 per cent "the product must carry a warning stating that it has limited or no protection benefit" Mr Hodgins added.
Six large-scale objects on show
- Concrete wall and windows from the now demolished Robin Hood Gardens housing estate in Poplar
- The 17th Century Agra Colonnade, from the bathhouse of the fort of Agra in India
- A stagecloth for The Ballet Russes that is 10m high – the largest Picasso in the world
- Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1930s Kaufmann Office
- A full-scale Frankfurt Kitchen designed by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, which transformed kitchen design in the 20th century
- Torrijos Palace dome
Profile of Tarabut Gateway
Founder: Abdulla Almoayed
Based: UAE
Founded: 2017
Number of employees: 35
Sector: FinTech
Raised: $13 million
Backers: Berlin-based venture capital company Target Global, Kingsway, CE Ventures, Entrée Capital, Zamil Investment Group, Global Ventures, Almoayed Technologies and Mad’a Investment.
PROFILE OF SWVL
Started: April 2017
Founders: Mostafa Kandil, Ahmed Sabbah and Mahmoud Nouh
Based: Cairo, Egypt
Sector: transport
Size: 450 employees
Investment: approximately $80 million
Investors include: Dubai’s Beco Capital, US’s Endeavor Catalyst, China’s MSA, Egypt’s Sawari Ventures, Sweden’s Vostok New Ventures, Property Finder CEO Michael Lahyani
Squads
Sri Lanka Tharanga (c), Mathews, Dickwella (wk), Gunathilaka, Mendis, Kapugedera, Siriwardana, Pushpakumara, Dananjaya, Sandakan, Perera, Hasaranga, Malinga, Chameera, Fernando.
India Kohli (c), Dhawan, Rohit, Rahul, Pandey, Rahane, Jadhav, Dhoni (wk), Pandya, Axar, Kuldeep, Chahal, Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar, Thakur.
How to apply for a drone permit
- Individuals must register on UAE Drone app or website using their UAE Pass
- Add all their personal details, including name, nationality, passport number, Emiratis ID, email and phone number
- Upload the training certificate from a centre accredited by the GCAA
- Submit their request
What are the regulations?
- Fly it within visual line of sight
- Never over populated areas
- Ensure maximum flying height of 400 feet (122 metres) above ground level is not crossed
- Users must avoid flying over restricted areas listed on the UAE Drone app
- Only fly the drone during the day, and never at night
- Should have a live feed of the drone flight
- Drones must weigh 5 kg or less
