Two Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces gunfire near Jenin

OCCUPIED PALESTINE, April 27 (YPA) – At least two Palestinians were killed and injured two others on Saturday morning by Israeli occupation forces near Salem checkpoint, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

According to Palestinian sources, the occupation forces fired a volley of gunfire at a group of Palestinian youths in the vicinity of the permanently staffed checkpoint, killing 22-year-old Mustafa Sultan Abed from the nearby village of Kafr Dan and 21-year-old Ahmad Mohammad Shawahnehfrom the Silat al-Harithiya village and injuring two others.

The occupation forces prevented ambulances from reaching the area to recover the bodies of the two slain youths.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) medics confirmed that they rushed a 25-year-old and a 22-year-old casualties from the vicinity of the checkpoint to a hospital in the city of Jenin, and described their injuries as moderate.

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