A group of illegal Israeli colonizers killed two Palestinian men and injured others on Sunday before dawn, after storming the village of Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah in the central part of the occupied West Bank. A third man died after suffering the toxic effects of tear gas inhalation, when at least five others sustained injuries.
The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the slain men as Thaer Farouq Hamayel, 24, and Fares Jawdat Hamayel, 57, adding that the men were killed after Israeli settlers shot them both in the head with live ammunition after infiltrating Abu Falah village.
According to medical sources in Ramallah, a third citizen Mohammad Hassan Murra, 55, died after arriving to the hospital in cardiac arrest after being exposed to tear gas fired by occupation forces.
ARAB 48 quoted medical sources who said that a total of five Palestinian civilians were shot with live rounds, three of whom were shot in the head, one in the pelvis, and one in the shoulder, which they noted exited the neck.
Palestine TV reported that occupation forces stormed the village after the settler attack and fired tear gas canisters at citizens in the village, causing citizens to suffering inhalation injuries.
On Saturday, Israeli colonizers killed 28-year-old Amir Mohammad Shanaran and critically injured his brother during an attack in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank.
In related news, Israeli colonizers shot and killed two Palestinian brothers and wounded three others on Monday, after invading the village of Qaryout, south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.
Mohammad Taha Abdel-Majeed Muammar, 51, was killed after settlers shot him in the head, while his brother Fahim Taha Abdul Majeed Muammar, 48, was killed after he sustained a live gunshot wound to the pelvis.
On Tuesday, armed paramilitary settlers shot two Palestinian young men with live ammunition after infiltrating the town of Sa’ir, northeast of Hebron.
Since the beginning of the Israeli military aggression against the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, occupation forces and settlers have killed 1124 Palestinian citizens in the occupied West Bank, including 232 children and 24 women.
In the Jenin governorate, 310 Palestinians have been killed, while 213 were killed in Tulkarem, 144 in Nablus, 110 in Hebron, 98 in Tubas, 84 in Ramallah, 62 in Jerusalem, 44 in Qalqilia, 36 in Bethlehem, 15 in Jericho and the Jordan Valley, and 8 in Salfit, according to the Shireen Observatory.
