2 More Palestinians Shot Dead in West Bank
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Two Palestinian teenagers were shot dead Sunday after reportedly opening fire on Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, a report said.
The Israeli army said in a statement that the pair attacked an Israeli patrol west of the city of Jenin with rocks before firing on soldiers with a rifle.
"The force responded to the shooting and fired towards the attackers, resulting in their deaths," it claimed, AFP reported.
The Palestinian health ministry named those killed as Nihad Waked and Fuad Waked, both 15 years old. They were not thought to be closely related.
On Saturday, Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian woman as she allegedly attempted to stab a soldier in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron (al-Khalil).
Palestinian hospital officials named her as 17-year-old Kalzar al-Uweiwi.
Since a surge in violence began in October, Israeli forces have killed at least 169 Palestinians, 101 of them alleged attackers. Other Palestinians have died during anti-Israeli protests.
Tensions were fuelled by Israel’s imposition of restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound. The mosque in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) is the third holiest site in Islam.