RAMALLAH:
Israeli troops killed two Palestinians within the occupied West Financial institution on Tuesday, the Palestinian well being ministry stated, within the first lethal raid within the Jericho space for months.
The well being ministry stated 16-year-old Qusay Omar Suleiman al-Walaji and Mohammed Ribhi Njoom, 25, had been shot within the chest by Israeli forces “throughout an assault on Jericho at daybreak immediately”.
The Israeli navy didn’t instantly reply to an AFP request for touch upon the raid.
It was the primary lethal raid since Might 1 on Jericho, an historical metropolis within the Jordan Valley which lies close to the Lifeless Sea.
There was a surge in violence within the Israeli-Palestinian battle in current months, marked by raids by the Israeli navy in addition to lethal assaults by Palestinians and Israelis.
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Israel has occupied the West Financial institution because the Six-Day Struggle of 1967.
Excluding annexed east Jerusalem, the territory is residence to round three million Palestinians and round 490,000 Israelis who reside in settlements thought-about unlawful below worldwide regulation.
The Jericho raid brings to 216 the variety of Palestinians killed within the Israeli-Palestinian battle up to now this yr.
Some 28 Israelis, one Ukrainian and one Italian have additionally been killed, based on an AFP tally compiled from official sources on either side.
They embrace, on the Palestinian facet, combatants in addition to civilians and, on the Israeli facet, three members of the Arab minority.