Two Palestinians were killed in a raid by the Israeli army in the city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to a statement by the Palestinian Health Ministry.
The two dead are Jawad Farid Bawaqna, “killed by a bullet in the chest,” and Adham Mohammed Bassem Jabarine, “shot in the upper abdomen,” the ministry writes.
According to Telegram channels linked to Palestinian armed groups in the city, Jabarine, 28, was a fighter from a local brigade and Bawaqna was 57.
When asked by AFP, the Israeli army, which has been conducting night raids in the West Bank almost daily since the beginning of the year, particularly in the Jenin and Nablus areas further south, said it would not comment on the matter.
These new deaths in Jenin bring the number of Palestinians, civilians or members of armed groups, killed in violence by Israeli forces or civilians in the West Bank, Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967, to 17 since the beginning of the year.