In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces fatally shot two Palestinian children in the back and killed them.
Ayman Nasser al-Haymouny, 12, was killed in Hebron while 13-year-old Rimas al-Amouri was shot in the Jenin governorate, the Palestinian Ministry of Health and the Wafa news agency confirmed.
When al-Haymouny was visiting relatives south of Hebron, Israeli forces shot and opened fire on him. He was taken to a hospital where he perished from his injuries.
Al-Amouri was shot in the abdomen before being taken to Jenin Government Hospital where she was later declared dead.
In the occupied West Bank today, Israeli forces fatally shot two Palestinian children in the back. Both children were struck by soldiers inside armored military vehicles.
Ayman Al-Hemouni, 12, in Hebron and Rimas Ammouri, 13, in Jenin.
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According to Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCIP), she was shot on Friday afternoon while seated in the courtyard of her family’s Jenin home.
An Israeli soldier in an armoured car, stationed approximately 50 metres (164 feet) from al-Amouri, fired at least five bullets into the courtyard where she was standing, hitting her in the back, DCIP said.
Ayman and Rimas were reportedly attacked with lethal force by Israeli soldiers stationed inside armored vehicles without any warning, according to DCIP’s Ayed Abu Eqtaish.
“Israeli forces have nothing but contempt for Palestinian children’s lives and systemic impunity means they will face no consequences”, he added.
The killings come as the Israeli military carries out large-scale raids across the occupied West Bank for several weeks now, including in Nablus, Tulkarem, Jenin and Nablus overnight.
Genocidal intent
Overnight, the Israeli military also conducted raids in the Kafr Aqab neighbourhood near occupied East Jerusalem, as well as across Nablus, in the Am’ari refugee camp north of el-Bireh city, and in Jericho, Bethlehem and the Deir Ammar refugee camp west of Ramallah, local sources including Wafa reported.
West of Nablus city, Israeli forces removed a Palestinian man from the town of Zawata. The Israeli army detained and removed a man from his car in Jenin, where deadly Israeli raids have been ongoing for more than a month.
In Birzeit, north of Ramallah, a Palestinian’s residence that was scheduled to be released on Saturday as part of the Gaza ceasefire agreement was also raided.
One detainee’s son was detained, and the homes of Palestinian prisoners who had been detained in the Jalazone refugee camp were also raided.
Israeli plans to intensify military operations in Tulkarem and surrounding refugee camps in the occupied West Bank are evidence of “genocidal intent”, the region’s governor, Abdullah Kmeil, said.
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Saturday condemned Israel’s operations in Tulkarem, as well as the killings of both al-Haymouny and al-Amouri.
In a statement calling for international action, the organization stated that “the OIC stressed that these Israeli attacks constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
After the family was forcibly expelled, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raided a civilian Palestinian home in the occupied West Bank, which was later converted into a military base. pic. twitter.com/zl6YH1bmzk
Since Israel’s offensive in the northern portion of the occupied West Bank began on January 21, just after the Gaza ceasefire agreement was reached, more than 50 Palestinians have been killed.
According to a report from the UN’s humanitarian office (OCHA), it has seriously damaged the water and sanitation systems in Palestinian communities.
However, since the UN’s reporting period ended on Monday, several more Palestinians have been killed, including the two children on Friday night.
Source: Aljazeera
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