Key facts
- Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinian teenagers, aged 15 and 19, near the Karmei Tzur settlement.
- The Israeli military claimed the teenagers attacked the settlement with fire bombs and burning tires.
- Palestinian officials disputed the military's account.
- A third individual involved in the incident was injured and hospitalized.
- Israel is holding the bodies of the two deceased teenagers.
- Israeli forces and settlers have intensified operations and attacks across the occupied West Bank.
Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinian teenagers, identified as 15-year-old Reda Sami Awad and 19-year-old Arafat Ismail Awad, near the Karmei Tzur settlement in the occupied West Bank on Monday. The Israeli military stated its forces killed the two after they attacked the settlement with fire bombs and burning tires, while a third individual was injured and hospitalized. Palestinian officials disputed the military's account, and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported medics were prevented from reaching the victims. Israel is holding the bodies of the deceased teenagers. The incident occurs amid intensified Israeli operations and settler attacks across the West Bank, including raids in Turmus Ayya, an attack on Palestinians near Atara, detention of a child in East Jerusalem, and excavation of agricultural land in Jenin.