Israel’s military said its soldiers shot dead two Palestinians who tried to shoot and stab them in the occupied West Bank today, and the Palestinian health ministry said both men were dead.
“One of the terrorists attempted to stab IDF (Israel Defense Forces) soldiers in the area, who responded with live fire and neutralized him,” the Israeli military said.
“At the same time, the other terrorist opened fire on the soldiers, who responded with live fire and neutralized him as well.”
A Reuters cameraman saw a body at the scene — an intersection near the Palestinian city of Hebron.
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA, citing local sources, said Israeli forces shot the two men near the West Bank city of Hebron and that ambulance crews were prevented from trying to reach them.
Palestinian security sources told WAFA that the two men, aged 18 and 19, died and that they are still unable to retrieve the bodies of the two men.
Violence in the West Bank was already escalating before the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza began. It further escalated with frequent army raids on militant organizations, attacks by Jewish settlers on Palestinian villages and attacks by Palestinians on the street.
Yesterday, Saturday, Israeli forces killed 14 Palestinians during a raid in the West Bank, while an ambulance driver was killed on his way to pick up a wounded man in a separate violent attack by Jewish settlers, Palestinian authorities said.
Israeli forces launched an extensive raid in the early hours of Friday in the Nur Shams area, near the town of Tulkarem, and exchanged fire with armed militants until yesterday.
Thousands of Palestinians have been arrested and hundreds killed in regular Israeli military and police operations in the West Bank since the start of the Gaza war on October 7, mostly members of armed groups, but also stone-throwing youths and unarmed civilians. involvement in incidents.
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