On Monday evening, Israeli forces killed two Palestinian young men in the town of Sa’ir, northeast of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank.
Media sources initially reported that the army shot the two young men with live ammunition, one in the back and one in the chest.
The two wounded young men were transported to the Al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron in serious condition.
Later the Ministry of Health announced that the young man, Anas Ismail Al-Froukh, 23, succumbed to the serious gunshot wound inflicted on him by the Israeli army.
Shortly afterward, the Ministry announced that the second young man, Mohammad Sa’adi Al-Froukh, 22, also died from his life-threatening injuries.
According to the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA), with the death of the two young men in Sa’ir town, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank since October 7, has risen to 259.
WAFA added that since the beginning of 2023, 467 Palestinians have been killed by the occupation army.
In related news, a Palestinian young man, Ali Ibrahim Alqam, 32, succumbed to a serious gunshot wound to the heart, on Monday, after Israeli forces shot him live ammunition during their invasion of the Qalandia refugee camp, and the town of Kafr Aqab, north of occupied Jerusalem.
The army shot 22 others with live rounds, including three who seriously injured, four with rubber-coated steel rounds, two sustained shrapnel injuries, and three sustained injuries as a result of assault by occupation soldiers, while dozens sustained inhalation injuries from tear gas exposure.
Furthermore, undercover Israeli agents executed two Palestinian young men in the city of Qalqilia in the northwestern part of the West Bank, on Monday morning.
The two young men were shot and seriously wounded with live rounds, while they were inside a vehicle, when the soldiers denied them medical attention and detained them.
The two slain young men were identified as Ala’ Marwan Nazzal, 29, and Anas Yousef Daoud (Qaraqe), 20.
It was added that soldiers shot two other young men with live rounds, inflicting moderate injuries, and abducted another young man.
