Israeli forces killed two Palestinian children in the village of Al-Judeira, north of occupied Jerusalem, their deaths were confirmed by the Health Ministry on Friday.
The Palestinian Health Ministry announced the deaths of the two children, Mohammad Abdullah Taym (16 years old) and Mohammad Rashad Fadl Qasim (16 years old), in the “Al-Hara Al-Fouqa” area of Al-Judeira village.
The General Authority for Civil Affairs confirmed that the youths were killed when occupation forces fired many live rounds at the teens near the Annexation wall, in Al-Judeira village, adding that the army confiscated their bodies.
Earlier, the Jerusalem Governorate reported that the army abducted Mohammad Abdullah Taym and Mohammad Rashad Fadl Qasim, after opening heavy live fire towards them and injuring one.
The ARAB 48 News website quoted the army who stated that its soldiers identified two people who allegedly “set fire and threw Molotov cocktails at a central civilian street,” on Thursday night, adding that the soldiers “eliminated them”. The army admitted that there were no injuries among occupation soldiers.
Since the beginning of the year, Israeli forces and colonizers have killed 234 Palestinian citizens in the occupied West Bank, including 45 children and 7 women.
Since the beginning of the year, occupation forces and illegal settlers have killed 80 Palestinians in Jenin, 41 in Nablus, 29 in Tubas, 20 in Hebron, 19 in Ramallah, 17 in Tulkarem, 9 in Bethlehem, 9 in Jerusalem, 6 in Qalqilia, 3 in Salfit, and 1 in Jericho, according to the Shireen Observatory.
In the Gaza Strip, the overall death toll since October 7, 2023 has increased to 68,875 including women and children, while at least 170,679 Palestinians have sustained various degrees of injuries as a result of Israel’s military onslaught.
