WEST BANK: Nine Palestinian youths were Tuesday killed by Israeli occupation forces in several areas in the occupied West Bank in the span of 10 hours, security and health sources confirmed.
Two Palestinian youths and a child were dawn on Tuesday killed and seven others were injured by Israeli occupation forces during a raid into the town of Aqaba, north of Tubas, bringing the death toll to four.
The Ministry of Health informed WAFA correspondent that Nour Mohammad Yassin Al-Yassin,19, and Ameed Yassin Ghanem,19, were killed after they were shot by Israeli forces, and were both from the town of Aqaba.
WAFA correspondent said that the occupation forces sent military reinforcements to the vicinity of the Turkish Governmental Hospital in Tubas, and opened fire on the civilians, killing Bilal Izz al-Din Sawafta,14, from the city of Tubas.
A medical source at the Turkish Governmental Hospital in Tubas reported earlier on Monday evening that Ayser Abu Ara, 37, was killed due to his critical head injury.
In Jen
in, where the occupation forces continue to storm the city of Jenin and its camp, and destroy the infrastructure, amidst the outbreak of confrontations, four Palestinian youths were killed after Israeli occupation forces bombed a vehicle in the city of Jenin.
The Ministry of Health said Ahmed Hussam al-Din Kamel al-Saadi, 18, was killed after the occupation forces bombed a vehicle in the eastern neighborhood of the city of Jenin.
Jenin Hospital Director Wissam Bakr told WAFA that the bodies of four civilians, scattered in pieces, from the eastern neighborhood of Jenin, were taken to the hospital after the occupation forces prevented the crews from reaching the bombed sites.
So far, only Al-Saadi, Ayham Hassan Jabr Zakarneh, and Khattab Majd Badawiya have been identified, in addition to six others injured by shrapnel and bullets.
An eyewitness from the eastern neighborhood confirmed that the slain youths were sitting near his house behind Al-Saadi’s office and did not participate in any confrontations as t
hey were directly targeted by an occupation drone.
The remains of the slain youths were found before they were transferred to the hospital.
Another youth was also critically injured.
Meabwhile, a Palestinian youth was killed by Israeli occupation forces west of Bethlehem.
Security sources reported to WAFA that a young man was killed by occupation forces at the tunnels checkpoint northwest of Beit Jala, west of Bethlehem, on the pretext that he allegedly carried out a stabbing operation near the checkpoint.
With the killing of the nine youths, the number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank since October 7th has risen to 612, including 144 children, in addition to more than 5,400 others who were injured.
Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA