Israeli forces executed two Palestinians, including a child, on Sunday, after storming the town of Ya’bad, west of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank. Soldiers also shot a young man in the village of Al-Fandaqumiya, south of the city.
The Palestinian Health Ministry announced that occupation forces shot and killed the young man, Ahmad Mahmoud Zaid Al-Kilani, 20, and the child, Mohammad Rabie Jamal Hamarsheh, 13, during the invasion of Ya’bad town.
فيديوهان من #يعبد حيث أعدمت قوات الجيش الإسرائيليّ فتى (13 عاما) وشابا (20 عاما).
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— موقع عرب 48 (@arab48website) November 24, 2024
Media sources said that the army stormed the town of Ya’bad, from its eastern entrance, sparking protests among local citizens.
Sources added that Israeli forces opened fire with live rounds, concussion grenades, and tear gas canisters, shooting the child and young man multiple times with live ammunition.
Ambulance crews transported the critically wounded to the Ya’bad Emergency Center, where doctors pronounced them dead as a result of their injuries.
According to eyewitness accounts and medical sources, occupation forces targeted the child and the young men with multiple live rounds at close range, especially to the upper parts of their bodies.
Sources added that the army denied medical treatment to the injured by blocking ambulance crews from reaching them to provide first aid.
In related news, Israeli forces injured a Palestinian young man in the village of Al-Fandaqumiya, south of Jenin.
Media sources said that occupation soldiers shot Palestinian young man, on Sunday evening, after invading Al-Fandaqumiya village.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that its ambulance crews transported a 19-year-old man to the hospital after he sustained a live gunshot wound to the thigh.
Sources added that Israeli forces stormed the village, began destroying citizens’ vehicles, and opened fire with many live rounds, triggering protests.
Meanwhile, a large army force stormed the city of Jenin, on Sunday morning, from its northern entrance and stationed soldiers in the German neighborhood and near the Naseem roundabout; no protests or abductions were reported.
الشهيدان في #يعبد برصاص جيش الاحتلال، قرب #جنين، هما الفتى #محمد_حمارشة (13 عاما)، والشهيد #أحمد_زيد (20 عاما).
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— موقع عرب 48 (@arab48website) November 24, 2024
Since the beginning of the Israeli military onslaught against the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, Israeli forces have killed 796 Palestinians in the West Bank, including 168 children, and injured 6,450.
The distribution of those killed in the West Bank is as follows; 218 in Jenin, 182 in Tulkarem, 85 in Nablus, 76 in Hebron, 62 in Tubas, 59 in Ramallah, 48 in occupied Jerusalem, 30 in Qalqilia, 20 in Bethlehem, 12 in Jericho, 12 inside Israel, and 4 in Salfit.
Since October 7, 2023, Israeli forces have killed 44,211 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, most of whom are women and children, and injured 104,567 citizens, while the bodies of thousands of citizens remain buried under the rubble of the devastated coastal enclave.
