RAMALLAH, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli army gunfire in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin city in the northern West Bank on Tuesday, according to Palestinian medical sources.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its team retrieved two bodies from a house in the neighborhood.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that two unidentified victims were brought to Jenin Government Hospital after being shot by the Israeli army in the eastern neighborhood. No further details were provided about the incident.
The Israeli army has not commented on this incident yet. Israel usually described these raids in the West Bank as "counter-terrorism operations" targeting "terrorists" linked to Palestinian armed groups.
The death toll of Palestinians has risen to five during Israeli raids in Jenin since Tuesday morning, with three Palestinians killed earlier in the day during an Israeli army siege on a house in the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin.
Since the outbreak of the Hamas-Israel conflict on Oct. 7, 2023, violence in the West Bank has intensified, resulting in the deaths of over 780 Palestinians due to Israeli gunfire and airstrikes, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. ■
