2 Palestinian youths killed in Israeli raid on northern West Bank

The Israeli regime’s forces have fatally shot two Palestinian youths in the occupied West Bank and injured at least four others.

Palestinian media said the casualties took place on Sunday during a violent raid by the Israeli forces on the city of Tulkarm and its refugee camp in the north of the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the two young men as Muhammad Ahmad Fayez al-Awfi, 36 years old, and Nabil Atta Muhammad Amer, 19, saying the young men were killed by “Israeli occupation bullets.”

Stressing that the Israeli forces had “seized” Fayez al-Awfi’s body, the ministry described the condition of the four inured Palestinians as “stable.”

Detailing the raid on Sunday afternoon, the reports said the Israeli occupation, backed by a large number of vehicles and a military bulldozer, stormed the Tulkarm refugee camp after imposing a tight security cordon on the area, triggering an outbreak of violent clashes and fire exchanges between local residents and the regime forces.

Witnesses said they had heard the sounds of violent explosions from time to time during the Israeli raid on Tulkarm, with snipers being deployed to the rooftops and helicopters hovering over the refugee camp.

Israeli occupation forces also impeded the arrival of ambulances into the camp, hindering the swift evacuation of those in need of treatment.