RAMALLAH, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- A pregnant Palestinian woman from Hebron and a man from Jenin died of the A/H1N1 virus in the West Bank, the Health Ministry announced Saturday.

    Asad al-Ramlawi, an official from the ministry in the West Bank, said that the pregnant woman in her mid 30s and a man with diabetes from Jenin died in the hospital earlier on Saturday.

    The latest deaths bring the number of Palestinians who died of the flu to nine, he said, adding that 1,170 people have been infected.