Tel Aviv [Israel], June 24: Protests erupted in the occupied West Bank on Monday after the Palestinian Health Ministry reported that two Palestinian males aged 15 and 19 were shot and killed in the town of Beit Ummar.
A further two youths were injured in the shooting on Sunday evening in the town lying to the north of Hebron, the report said.
The Israeli military reported that the troops had responded to Palestinians throwing Molotov cocktails at an Israeli settlement and setting tyres alight. Two had been "eliminated" and a further two "incapacitated," it said.
A strike was called in Beit Ummar on Monday in protest at the deaths.
Violence in the West Bank has increased since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, with the Israeli military mounting major operations against militant Palestinians.
More than 1,000 Palestinians have died in the violence in two and a half years, according to the Palestinian health authority in Ramallah.
Israeli settlers have also increasingly used violence to target the Palestinian population.
Israeli airstrike kills schoolgirl in Gaza City
A schoolgirl was killed and several other people were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in the centre of Gaza City on Monday, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
The Israeli military reported an attack on a vehicle carrying a member of Hamas' military wing. It expressed regret for harm caused to bystanders and said all possible measures were being taken to avoid civilian casualties.
Eyewitnesses said the vehicle was attacked with four missiles and that the occupants had escaped. An image published by WAFA showed a severely damaged car surrounded by people.
The Palestinian Ministry of Education expressed sorrow over the death of the high school student, saying that students had repeatedly been among the victims of Israeli attacks in recent weeks.
Source: Qatar Tribune
