Israeli army forces have killed three Palestinians, including a minor, and withheld their bodies in the northern occupied West Bank amid ongoing assaults in the occupied territory, the Palestinian health ministry said.
In a statement on Thursday, the ministry said it was informed by the General Authority of Civil Affairs, the official liaison body between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, that Mahmoud Hussein Abu Samra, 20, and Mohammad Samer Mleitat, 16, were killed by Israeli fire in the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus.
It said a 24-year-old man was also shot and killed by Israeli forces near Haddad Roundabout, east of Jenin.
The official news agency Wafa, citing security forces, said early Thursday that Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians and withheld their bodies in Beit Furik.
Two other Palestinians were injured by Israeli fire and transferred to a hospital for medical attention.
Beit Furik Mayor Youssef Hanani said Israeli forces shut all entry points to the town, as soldiers and occupiers attacked residents while they were trying to extinguish fires that broke out in their fields.
