Two Palestinian teens killed by Israeli occupation forces’ gunfire in Ramallah

OCCUPIED PALESTINE, Jan. 15 (YPA) – Two Palestinian teenagers were shot dead by the Israeli occupation forces tonight at the northern entrance to the city of al-Bireh, near Ramallah, according to the country Ministry of Health.

The Ministry reported that 17-year-old Suleiman Muhammad Kana’an, from the town of Hizma, northeast of Jerusalem, arrived dead at Istishari Arab Hospital in Ramallah as a result of a direct gunshot wound that penetrated his heart.

The ministry said the General Authority of Civil Affairs in Ramallah informed it that another teenager, who was identified as 16-year-old Khaled Amer Hmaidat, from Ramallah’s al-Jalazone refugee camp, was also killed by the Israeli occupation army’s bullets.

According to sources, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire at the two teenagers while they were present at the northern entrance to the city of al-Bireh, which led to their martyrdom.

E.M