Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinian youths, injure several others in West Bank raids

Israeli forces have killed two more Palestinian young men and injured several others in violent raids across the occupied West Bank.

One of the young men, identified as 18-year-old Youssef Jalal Mahmoud Taqatqa, was seriously injured after the regime’s forces attacked the town of Beit Fajjar, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Monday, the official Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.

Taqatqa died after being shot by Israeli forces in the head during the attack, which also wounded two others.

In a separate incident, Israeli forces raided the town of Beit Anan, northwest of the occupied city of al-Quds, wounding two Palestinians after targeting them with live fire. One of the victims, identified as 19-year-old Musab Mujahid Kamel al-Matari, died of his injuries after being transferred to hospital in Ramallah.

Several other Palestinians were also wounded in the attack.