Israeli forces fatally shot three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, with two of them killed when their vehicle broke through a checkpoint, according to sources on both sides.
Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, including two who were shot dead when their car broke through a checkpoint, sources on both sides said.
Troops chased a car that had broken through a checkpoint near the city of Hebron and “fired toward the terrorists and neutralized them”, the Israeli army said in a statement.
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Ramallah confirmed the men were killed, while the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said it had received their bodies.
In a separate incident further north, the health ministry said another young man had been shot dead by Israeli forces in a refugee camp near the city of Jericho.
Medical sources in Jericho told an AFP correspondent that a 16-year-old was killed during an army raid on the camp to arrest a wanted man.
No clashes were reported and the Israeli army has not yet commented on the incident.
Israeli army raids and attacks by settlers have killed at least 341 people in the West Bank since then, according to an AFP tally based on sources on both sides.
More than 520 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank last year, according to the Palestinian Health ministry.
Khalil Wakim, with AFP
