Two Palestinian children were slaughtered behind the back and killed by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank.
Ayman Nasser Al-Haymouny, 12, was killed in Hebron while Rimas Al-Amouri, 13, was shot dead in the governorate of Jenin, confirmed the Palestinian Ministry of Health and the Wafa news agency.
Israeli forces opened fire on Al-Haymouny and shot him when he visited relatives south of Hebron. He was transported urgently to the hospital where he died of his injuries.
Al-Amouri was killed in the abdomen and taken to Jenin government hospital where she was declared dead shortly after.
Israeli forces have fatally killed two Palestinian children in the back today in occupied West Bank. Soldiers fired interior armored military vehicles from the two children.
Ayman Al-Hemouni, 12, in Hebron and Rimas Ammouri, 13, in Jenin.
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She was killed as she was held in the courtyard of her family home in the Jenin region on Friday afternoon, defense for International Children – Palestine (DCIP).
An Israeli soldier in a armored car, parked about 50 meters (164 feet) from Al-Amouri, pulled at least five bullets in the courtyard where she stood, hitting her on the back, said Dipcip.
“Ayman and Rimas were suddenly targeted and without warning in the back with a deadly force by Israeli soldiers positioned safely inside armored vehicles,” said Ayed Eqtois de DCIP.
“Israeli forces have only contempt for the lives of Palestinian children and systemic impunity means that they will not face any consequences,” he added.
The murders come while the Israeli army performs large -scale raids through the occupied West Bank for several weeks now, especially in Naplus, Tulkarem, Jenin and Nablus overnight.
“Genocidal intention”
During day, the Israeli army also led raids in the Kafr Aqab district near Jerusalem-Est, as well as Nablus, in the refugee camp Am’ari north of the city of El-Bireh , and in Jericho, Bethlehem and Deir Ammar Refugee Camp West, and in Jericho, Bethlehem and Deir Ammar Refugee Camp West, thus from Ramallah, local sources, which Wafa, reported.
A Palestinian was taken by Israeli forces in the city of Zawata, west of Nablus City. In Jenin, where deadly Israeli raids have been underway for more than a month, the Israeli army has pulled a man from his car and arrested him.
The house of a Palestinian who should be released as part of the Gaza ceasefire agreement on Saturday was also searched in Birzeit, north of Ramallah.
The Palestinians’ houses detained in the Jalazone refugee camp were also attacked and a detainee’s son was arrested.
Israeli plans to intensify military operations in Tulkarem and the surrounding refugee camps in occupied West Bank are proofs of “genocidal intention,” said region governor Abdullah Kmeil.
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OCI) condemned Israel operations on Saturday in Tulkarem, as well as the murders of Al-Haymouny and Al-Amouri.
“The ICO stressed that these Israeli attacks constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity,” the group said in a statement, urging international action.
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Israeli forces have killed more than 50 Palestinians since their offensive in the northern part of the occupied West Bank began on January 21, just after the Gaza cease-fire agreement was agreed.
It has imposed serious damage to water and sanitation infrastructure for Palestinian communities, according to a report by the UN Humanitarian Office (OCHA).
However, since the end of the UN reference period on Monday, several other Palestinians have been killed, including the two children on Friday evening.
Ocha also counted 34 incidents of violence of Israeli settlers towards the Palestinians in his last report.