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Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in occupied West Bank

Sunday, 01 December 2024 6:44 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 01 December 2024 6:44 PM ]

Palestinians look at a bullet-riddled car that was attacked by Israeli forces near the southern West Bank village of Sair, south of Jenin on December 1, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

Israeli forces have killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank amid escalating tensions in the region.

Israeli troops killed two people in Jenin in the West Bank on Sunday, the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement.

The two Palestinians were killed “due to the [Israeli] occupation’s aggression on the village of Siir in the Jenin district,” it adde

Israeli forces had earlier announced the Sunday attack, claiming an Israeli "aircraft conducted a strike on 'terrorists' in ... Jenin.”

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Following the attack, the Israeli forces closed the area to rescue teams heading to the scene to help, the Palestinian Red Crescent said.

Israeli forces were “preventing our teams from reaching the ‘bombing site’ near the village of Siir,” it added.

Two eyewitnesses reported seeing the Israeli forces removing two Palestinian bodies from a bullet-riddled vehicle. Two vehicles near a wooded area were also destroyed.

At least 797 Palestinians in the West Bank have been killed by Israeli forces since tensions escalated last October after the Israeli regime unleashed a genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.