The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed on Tuesday afternoon the killing of two Palestinian men by Israeli forces in the city of Qalqilia, located in the northern West Bank.
According to the Civil Affairs Authority, the victims were identified as Waseem Khalil Mousa Abu Ali (41) and Khaled Nimir Sweilem Hassan (34), both shot dead at dawn by Israeli occupation forces. Their bodies were seized and remain in Israeli custody.
Local sources reported that Israeli undercover units ambushed the men in the Barham area of Qalqilia and opened fire with live ammunition.
Additional reporting confirms that the incident occurred during an invasion of the victims’ workplace, where Israeli forces fired barrages of live rounds at them.
Both were critically wounded and subsequently abducted. Their deaths were officially announced hours later.
On Monday, Israeli soldiers fatally shot a Palestinian worker in the ar-Ram town, north of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the occupied West bank.
The slain man, Sanad Najeh Hantouli, 25, was from Silet ath-Thaher town, south of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part.
Israeli sources said Border Police officers shot the Palestinian while attempting to cross through a breach in the Annexation Wall near Atarot, north of Jerusalem.
On Saturday evening, a seriously wounded Palestinian young man, Mohammad Issa Alawi, 20, died of his injuries, after he was shot by illegal Israeli colonizers in village of Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank.
Israel has now killed 207 Palestinians, including 199 children and 8 children, in the occupied West Bank since the beginning of this year.
70 of the slain Palestinians were killed in Jenin, 37 in Nablus, 27 in Tubas, 17 in Tulkarem, 16 in Hebron, 14 in Ramallah, 9 in Bethlehem, 6 in Qalqilia, 7 in Jerusalem, 3 in Salfit and 1 in Jericho.
The killings come amid a sharp escalation in Israeli military offensive across the West Bank since October 7, 2023. According to recent statistics, 1,042 Palestinians, including 22 children, 17 women, 2 medics and one journalist, have been killed and approximately 7,000 injured by Israeli forces and settlers since the start of the war on Gaza.
