Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in Jenin on Saturday, hours after two teenagers were fatally shot in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank.
Mahmoud Assos, 18, and Ahmed Daragma, 16, were killed by Israeli gunfire during a large army raid in Jenin refugee camp on Saturday morning.
Similarly, two more minors, 14-year-old Adel Ibrahim Daoud and 17-year-old Mahdi Ladadweh, were killed by Israel forces on Friday.
According to Middle East Eye, Daoud was shot in the head near Israel’s separation barrier in Qalqilya and Ladadweh was shot in the chest by soldiers northwest of Ramallah.
The Israeli army said it fired at someone after he allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at them, in response to Daoud’s death, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
Armoured vehicles, bulldozers, military helicopters and combat drones were reportedly deployed in the raid.
Palestinian fighters responded with live fire, while unarmed residents also confronted Israeli soldiers with rocks.
Local media reported that Palestinian journalists and medics were denied access during the raid.
The Palestinian news agency Wafa said Israeli troops shot in the direction of a group of journalists who were taking cover in the area.
More than 165 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire this year, including 51 in the Gaza Strip and at least 110 in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
