Four Palestinians were killed on Monday by Israeli forces during a raid into the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm.
Israeli special force stormed the city of Tulkarm in a private vehicle bearing a Palestinian registration plate and opened fire at a Palestinian vehicle, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
The four Palestinian youths in the car were killed and a 14-year-old child, who was crossing the road at the moment of the shooting, was wounded.
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The slain Palestinians were identified as Jihad Maharaj Ibrahim Shehadeh, 22, Izz al-Din Raed Hussein Awad, 25, Qasim Muhammad Rajab, 20, and Moamen Saed Mahmoud Balawi, 20.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported the injured child’s condition as stable.
The national and Islamic forces in Tulkarm Governorate mourned the four youths and declared a comprehensive strike in the city tomorrow.
With the killing of the four young men, the death toll in the West Bank has risen to 163.
(PC, WAFA)
