Four Palestinians, including an 8-year-old child and a 15-year-old boy, as well as two senior militant commanders, were killed on Wednesday by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said.
“The two children, Adam Samer Al-Ghoul (8 years old) and Basil Suleiman Abu Al-Wafa (15 years old) were shot dead by occupation forces in the city of Jenin,” the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.
The Islamic movement Hamas claimed Al-Wafa as one of its members.
Unverified images on social media appeared to show an eight-year-old child being shot, but did not show the gunman.
Asked about the images, the Israeli Army said: “During IDF activity in the Jenin camp, several suspects threw explosive devices at IDF soldiers. The soldiers responded with live ammunition against the suspects and hits were identified.”
Wafa stated that Palestinians Muhammad Jamal Zubaidi and Wissam Ziad Hanoun from the Jenin camp were killed by the Israelis, adding that “the occupation forces took their bodies”.
The Israeli Army said in a statement that Zubaidi and Hanoun were killed during “counter-terrorism activity conducted in the Jenin camp”, in a joint action by the army, the national security agency and the border police.
Zubaidei was a senior Islamic Jihad operator and one of the main leaders of the Jenin camp, the army said.
By Ali Sawafta