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SOURCE: maannews.com Two men on a motorcycle were killed in an alleged drone strike in the Gaza Strip on December 12,  Palestinian Ma’an News agency reported . According to the report, the killed persons were identified as Hussein Ghazi Hussein Nasrallah and Mustafa Sultan. They both were members of an engineering unit of Saraya al-Quds – an armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The incident allegedly took place in the area of Beit Lachiya in northern Gaza. However, an office of the Israeli Defense Forces’ Spokesperson’s rejected the report and said no attack was carried out in Gaza,  according to the Israeli media. A new round of the Palestinian-Israeli violence sparked in the region on December 6 when US President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.  Since then, the tensions have been growing pushing the region to a new war. Meanwhile, a stabbing attack was reported near the village of Salfit in the West Bank

Illustrative image On December 12, ISIS terrorists conducted a surprise attack against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) on the western bank of the Euphrates in the province of Deir Ezzor. According to the ISIS-linked news agency Amaq, members of ISIS entered the vilalges of al-Jalaa, Saiyal, Salihiyah, Mujawdah and Abbas. The village of al-Harsa is also allegedly under attack. While anti-government sources argue that ISIS established a full control over the aforementioned villages, pro-government sources claim that the SAA are now clashing with ISIS units inside them. The SAA is not deploying reifnrocements to the area in order to repel the ISIS attack. This was the second large ISIS attack against the SAA in the area over the past few days. On December 11, ISIS attacked positions of the SAA near al-Bukamal.  Then, the attack was repelled but the SAA suffered some losses in the equipment and manpower.