Five Palestinians have died of the swine flu virus in different towns in the West Bank in recent days, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced Monday. They are the first Palestinians fatalities of the virus, according to a report of the German Press Agency (DPA). A further 100 Palestinians are infected with the virus and are receiving treatment in West Bank hospitals, As"ad el-Ramlawi, the ministry"s director of first aid, said in a statement. He said two of the fatalities came from Nablus, one from Ramallah, one form Hebron and one from Bethlehem.