OCCUPIED WEST BANK
\nThe Israeli army has killed two Palestinian men during a raid on a village near the city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank.
\nMohammad Samer Hoshiyeh, 22, and Fouad Mohammad Abed, 25, were shot dead early on Monday in Kufr Dan, northwest of Jenin, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.
\nAt least three others were injured during the raid, including one in critical condition, the ministry added.
\nConfrontations and armed clashes broke out with Israeli forces late on Sunday night after they raided Kufr Dan to demolish the homes of two Palestinians killed in a shootout at an Israeli military checkpoint in Jenin that led to the killing of an Israeli soldier, Bar Falah, several months ago.
\nAhmad Ayman Abed and Abdulrahman Hani Abed were shot dead at the Jalameh checkpoint, the main entry point between the northern occupied West Bank and Israel, on September 14.
\nIsraeli forces said in a statement on that they had been conducting operations in Kufr Dan to demolish the homes of the two men, and said that they had been attacked with gunfire, rocks and firebombs.
\nHamas, the Palestinian group that rules Gaza, claimed Fouad Mohammed Abed as its member.
\nVideos shared by local media showed one of the homes being blown up using explosives.
\nSimilar images showed the demolition of a second home in the same way.
\nSuch home demolitions are regarded as \u201ccollective punishment\u201d by Palestinians and human rights organisations.
\nThe large-scale Israeli military raid, which included special forces, began on Sunday night and continued until Monday morning.
\nThe two men shot dead on Monday are the first Palestinians to be killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank this year, as a result of an ongoing Israeli military campaign of intensified raids and killings for almost a year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
OCCUPIED WEST BANK The Israeli army has killed two Palestinian men during a raid on a village near the city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank. Mohammad Samer Hoshiyeh, 22, and Fouad Mohammad Abed, 25, were shot dead early on Monday in Kufr Dan, northwest of Jenin, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-305102","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n