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So’oud al-Titi and Mohammad Abu Thera’(Daraa). Source: WAFA Published by IMEMC News

A Palestinian ambulance first responder speaks with Israeli soldiers blocking a road at a location where Palestinian militants were killed during an Israeli army operation near the settlement of Elon Moreh in the West Bank, near Nablus, on April 11, 2023. Credit: JAAFAR ASHTIYEH - AFP Published by Haaretz

Mohammed Aby Daraa. Published by Haaretz

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by IMEMC News
April 11, 2023

Israeli occupation forces shot and killed, on Tuesday, two Palestinian young men, and injured a third near Deir al-Hatab village, east of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.

Initial reports show that Israeli forces exchanged fire with armed Palestinian resistance fighters, killing two and injuring one.

Ahmed Jibril, the Director of Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance, stated the army prevented medical crews from approaching the two critically injured young men.

Jibril added that its crews transported one Palestinian young to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus after soldiers shot him with a live round in the shoulder.

Hebrew sources alleged that the two young men attempted to carry out a shooting attack, before they were killed. No injuries were reported among Israelis.

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the slain men were identified as So’oud al-Titi and Mohammad Abu Thera’.

Sources added that the Israeli army confiscated the bodies of the young men.

On Monday, Israeli forces shot and killed Mohammad Fayez Balhan, 15, with live rounds to the head, abdomen, and pelvis.

It is important to note that 98 Palestinians, including 18 children have been killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of the year.
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Two Palestinians Shot Dead by Israeli Army After Opening Fire at West Bank Settlement

According the Palestinian sources, the two were killed were former prisoners who lived in the Balata Refugee Camp near Nablus

by Hagar Shezaf for Haaretz
Apr 11, 2023 4:20 pm IDT

Two Palestinians were killed Tuesday by Israeli army fire at the village of Deir al-Hatab, near the settlement of Elon Moreh in the northern West Bank.

According to the army, four Palestinians shot at the direction of the settlement, when an IDF force which was nearby shot at them. Two of the suspected assailants were killed, and their bodies are being held by the army. The two others managed to escape, and were likely wounded.

The army added that three weapons have been found at the scene.

According the Palestinian sources, the two who were killed were identified as Said Atiti – an officer with Palestinian security forces – and Mohammed Abu Daraa. Both were reportedly former prisoners who lived in the Balata Refugee Camp near Nablus.

The Palestinians reported clashes with settlers in the area at the time of the shooting. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, one of the injured in the shooting incident was evacuated to a hospital in Nablus.

Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli forces arrested five Palestinians in the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank, whom the military claims were preparing to carry out an attack.
According to Palestinian sources in Jenin, among those arrested is Ahmed Turkman, son of Maher Turkman, who in 2022 was shot and killed by Israeli forces after he shot at a bus full of Israeli soldiers in the northern West Bank.

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