JERUSALEM: A Palestinian young man and a 16-year-old child were killed, and three others were injured tonight as Israeli occupation forces opened fire on them near the town of Al-Jib, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, according to medical sources.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that its teams dealt with two fatalities and three injuries at the Israeli military checkpoint outside the town of Al-Jib.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that two slain individuals and three others with moderate gunshot wounds were brought to the Palestinian Medical Complex in Ramallah, after they had been targeted by Israeli army gunfire near the town of Al-Jib.
The two slain individuals were identified as the child Abdullah Mamoun Assaf, aged 16, and the young Zaid Ward Khalaifeh, aged 23.
Earlier in the evening, a 13-year-old boy identified as Rami Hamdan Al-Halhuli was shot and killed by Israeli occupation forces in the Shuafat refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem.
Source: Palestine News a
nd Information Agency – WAFA