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Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians. Photos/Illustrations
JERUSALEM – Office Palestine said troop Israel killed two Palestinian men on Wednesday. This brings the number of Palestinians killed so far earlier this year to 20.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli forces killed Aref Abdel Nasser Lahlouh, 20, from the Jenin refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya.
Palestinian state news agency Wafa reported that Lahlouh was killed in front of his mother and brother. The Israeli military claims he was shot after attempting to carry out a knife attack on a soldier at a military checkpoint.
The ministry later reported that a second Palestinian, Salah Mohammed Ali, was shot dead in the chest in East Jerusalem, following an attack by Israeli forces on the Shuafat refugee camp.
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Footage online shows Palestinian youths throwing stones at Israeli vehicles and Israeli soldiers responding with live fire. The latest death brings the number of Palestinians killed this year to 20, including three children.
According to data compiled by Middle East Eye, Israeli forces killed more Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in 2022 than in any calendar year since the Second Intifada.
At least 220 people died in Israeli attacks across the occupied territories in 2022, including 48 children. Of the total deaths, 167 were from the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and 53 were from the Gaza Strip.
Earlier on Wednesday, Israeli troops demolished the home of Uday Tamimi, a Palestinian man who allegedly killed a female Israeli soldier last year.
Following a shooting at a checkpoint in October, Israel began a week-long operation that culminated in Tamimi’s death.
