Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in separate incidents
Israeli forces have shot and killed two Palestinians in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank village of Burqin and in the Old City of Jerusalem.
The first of those killed early on Thursday was identified as 22-year-old Alaa Nasser Mohammed Zayyoud from the village of al-Silah al-Harithiya, northwest Jenin, in the occupied West Bank.
“Zayyoud was shot overnight in the nearby village of Burqin during an armed confrontation with the Israeli army after it raided the town with dozens of military jeeps and special forces at dawn to carry out arrests.”
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said Zayyoud was shot with four bullets, two in his chest, one in his neck and one in his right thigh.
According to the witnesses, “An Israeli sniper shot him at close range, before they ran towards him and continued liquidating him from point-blank range.
“The jeeps and the army then surrounded him. They blocked the ambulance from reaching him, they allowed the ambulance to come after they made sure he was dead,” the witnesses said.
Israeli forces announced they shot dead Israa Khuzaima at Bab al-Silsila, also known as Chain Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, claiming she had tried to stab an officer.
Israeli forces blocked off the entrances to Damascus Gate, Al-Aqsa Mosque and Lion’s Gate after the incident, before later reopening them.
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