YABAD, Nov 25, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - The Palestinian Authority said two
Palestinians, including a teenage boy, were killed during an Israeli raid in
the occupied West Bank village of Yabad.

The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said Israeli forces entered the
village on Sunday night, leading to clashes during which soldiers shot dead
two Palestinians.

The two dead were identified by the Palestinian health ministry as Muhammad
Rabie Hamarsheh, 13, and Ahmad Mahmud Zaid, 20.

"Overnight, during an IDF (Israeli army) counterterrorism activity in the
area of Yabad, two terrorists hurled explosives at IDF soldiers. The soldiers
responded with fire and hits were identified," an Israeli military source
told AFP.

Last week, the Israeli army launched several raids in the West Bank city of
Jenin, killing nine people, most of them Palestinian militants.

Violence in the West Bank has soared since the war in Gaza erupted on October
7 last year after Hamas's attack on Israel.

Israeli troops or settlers have killed at least 777 Palestinians in the West
Bank since the start of the Gaza war, according to the Ramallah-based health
ministry.

Palestinian attacks on Israelis have also killed at least 24 people in the
West Bank in the same period, according to Israeli official figures.

Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967.