West Bank: Two Palestinian teenagers killed by the Israeli army

Published on: 04/14/2022 – 01:58 A 16-year-old Palestinian teenager was killed on Wednesday by Israeli soldiers near Bethlehem, and another 18-year-old was also killed by IDF in a clash near from Ramallah. The Israeli army said it carried out “counter-terrorism operations” in different areas of the West Bank. Qusai Hamamra, a 16-year-old Palestinian teenager, was shot and killed in Husan near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday (April 13th), the Palestinian health ministry and city council said. The Israeli army says it fired live ammunition at him after he threw a firebomb at soldiers. According to the army, hundreds of people took to the streets after Hamamra’s death, which brings the death to 18 to 18. toll of Palestinians killed since the beginning of this escalation of Palestinian-Israeli tensions. Shortly after, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported the death of Amer Elyan, “hit by a live bullet in the chest ‘fired’ by the Israeli army”, during a clash following the arrest of a person in the village of Silwad near the city of Ramallah (center), which also left six injured. Elyan was 18 years old according to residents. Earlier Wednesday, lawyer “Mohammad Hassan Mohammad Assaf, 34, died after being shot in the chest by the Israeli occupation army during the attack over the city of Nablus,” in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. “Counterterrorism operations” The Israeli army said on Wednesday it carried out “counterterrorism operations” in different areas of the West Bank, notably opening fire in Beita (north) and Nablus. Asked by AFP, the army did not say whether or not it opened fire directly on Mohammad Hassan Mohammad Assaf. The army says its soldiers were in Nablus to protect repair work on the alleged grave. of Joseph, the son of the patriarch Jacob, who had been vandalized earlier this week when she was targeted by “rioters” before opening fire. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett had also affirmed Sunday that He will “not let such an attack on a holy site pass on the eve of Passover”. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, a total of 31 people were injured on Wednesday in the Nablus area and in the neighboring village. Among them, 10 were injured by live ammunition. With AFP