WEST BANK (Dispatches) –
Zionist troops have shot and killed two young Palestinian men during a raid on a village near the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank, only a few hours after another young Palestinian died from injuries sustained when the occupying regime’s troops opened fire in another part of the occupied territory.
Izz Eddin Basem Hamamreh, 24, and Amjad Adnan Khalilieh, 23, were shot dead at the entrance to the town of Jaba’ on Saturday morning, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.
Palestinian security sources told the official news agency WAFA that Zionist troops opened fire at a car near the Jaba’ intersection, and then pursued it until nearby Fandakoumieh village.
The troops continued to fire shots at the car killing its two occupants, Hamamreh and Khalilieh.
Zionist troops had earlier set up a checkpoint at the Jaba’ intersection, leading to clashes with local residents. The soldiers opened fire at the residents, injuring a Palestinian.
Moreover, a 19-year-old Palestinian, who was shot by regime troops and seriously injured two weeks ago in the village of Kafr Dan, located 8 kilometers (4.9 miles) northwest of Jenin, succumbed to his wounds early on Saturday.
Yazan Samer Jabari, a resident of al-Yamun town, was seriously injured during confrontations with Zionist troops, who had raided Kafr Dan to demolish the homes of two Palestinians, who were killed late last year.
The latest deaths bring the number of Palestinians killed by Zionist troops’ fire so far in 2023 to twelve, including three children.
On Friday, thousands attended the funeral procession and the subsequent burial ceremony held for two Palestinians, who were killed during raids carried out by the regime’s military near the city of Jenin in the northern part of the Tel Aviv-occupied West Bank.
Footage circulated across social media, showed the Palestinians chanting anti-occupation slogans as they were carrying the bodies of 18-year-old Abdul Hadi Fakhri Nazzal and 25-year-old Habib Mohammad Ikmail overhead, during their funeral in Jenin on Friday.
Earlier on Friday, Nazzal succumbed to critical injuries after being shot in the chest and neck by Zionist troops during the Thursday raid.
Also on Thursday, Zionist troops shot Ikmail in the head in the same town. The Palestinian man was later pronounced dead at a hospital in Jenin.
Addressing a UN Security Council meeting on the rule of law on Thursday, the world body’s Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said 2022 had been a deadly year for both Palestinians and Zionists and condemned all “unlawful killings and acts by extremists.”
The regime’s occupation forces and illegal settlers have been noticeably escalating their attacks against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and other areas, in an attempt to forcibly expel Palestinians from their lands and make way for expanding illegal Jewish-only settlements.