WEST BANK, Tuesday, June 4, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces yesterday killed five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank cities of Nablus and Tulkarm, according to official sources.
In Nablus, according to WAFA correspondent, two Palestinians were shot and killed and others were injured Monday evening during the Israeli occupation forces' continued assault on the city of Nablus.
According to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), two Palestinians were killed by live fire and nine others were injured, including some seriously, during the occupation's military raid into the eastern part of the city of Nablus.
The two slain Palestinian youths were identified as Mutaz Khaled al-Nabulsi, 28, and Adam Salah-Addin Farraj, 23.
Ministry of Health confirmed that the body of Farraj remained in the custody of the Israeli occupation.
A few hours later, the Ministry said a third young Palestinian youth died of critical wounds he sustained during the ongoing Israeli military raid and assault on the city of Nablus.
The ministry said the young man was hit by live bullets in his chest, causing him critical injuries, adding that he transferred to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after. The youth was identified as 30-year-old Ahmad Omar Al-Khadri.
Meanwhile, in Tulkarm, two Palestinians were killed by the occupation forces’ live bullets after midnight on Monday near the Nitzanei Oz checkpoint to the west of Tulkarm, in the northern occupied West Bank, according to a security source.
A security source confirmed the killing of two Palestinian men, who were identified as Abdel-Fattah Salahaddin Jabara and Ahmed Mustafa Rajab, both from the Tulkarm refugee camp. The Israeli forces kept hold of the two slain Palestinians’ bodies.
According to sources, the occupation forces opened fire at a vehicle near Nitzanei Oz checkpoint west of the city and prevented ambulances’ access to the area.
WAFA correspondent said that the occupation forces stormed the western neighborhood of Tulkarm and stationed their troops along the street surrounding a mosque in the area, as snipers were deployed in the area and near the vicinity of Jeshuri chemical factories, west of Tulkarm.
Israeli soldiers opened heavy fire targeting every moving object, hitting one of the vehicles passing in the area.
Ambulances were banned access to the site.
It was later found that two men were shot and killed inside the vehicle.
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