HEBRON, August 31, 2024 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Health announced today that two Palestinians, Muhammad Ihsan Yaqin Marqa and Zahdi Nidal Abu Afifa, were shot dead by Israeli occupation forces last night north of Hebron.

The ministry stated in a brief statement that Israeli forces withheld the bodies of the two Palestinians after shooting them.

Meantime, Palestinian security sources reported that the two young men Marqa and Abu Afifa were killed near the illegal colonies of Karmei Tzur and Etzion, which were built on Palestinian citizens' lands north of Hebron, adding that the occupation forces raided their homes at dawn and conducted field investigations with their families.

With the killing of  Marqa and Abu Afifa, the death toll in the West Bank since October 7, 2023 has risen to 675 people.

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