BETHLEHEM, February 14, 2016 (WAFA) – Israeli soldiers Sunday afternoon shot dead a Palestinian teenager at Mazmoria checkpoint, east of Bethlehem, only few hours after two Palestinian teenagers were fatally shot by Israeli troops near Jenin, according to medical sources.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said Israeli soldiers stationed at the checkpoint opened live fire and killed 17-year-old Naeem Safi, from the nearby village of al-Abidiya, with a live bullet in his neck.
The army denied access of medical teams to the scene to provide Safi with first aid, before he was announced dead. His body was later handed over to the Palestinian side.
Soldiers at the checkpoint claimed that Safi had attempted to stab some of them before they shot him dead.
This came only three hours after two Palestinian teenagers, Fo’ad Waked, 15, and Nehad Waked, 15, were fatally shot by Israeli troops near the village of al-Araqa, west of Jenin in northern West Bank.
Some 174 Palestinians have been killed since the beginning of unrest in the occupied Palestinian territories in early October 2015, according to the Ministry of Health. Over 15,000 others have reportedly been injured.
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