Israeli forces kill two West Bank teenagers amid ongoing raids

The Israeli military claimed on Friday that the two Palestinian teenagers they killed were suspects of "throwing Molotov cocktails" in the occupied West Bank village of Judeira overnight.

The Palestinian health ministry identified the dead as two 16-year-old boys, Mohammad Abdullah Teim and Mohammad Rashad Fadel Qasem, and the army withheld their bodies.

"Last night... two terrorists were identified as they ignited and threw Molotov cocktails toward a main civilian route," in Judeira, north of Jerusalem, the military said in a statement.

The army published a surveillance camera video allegedly showing two individuals throwing a burning object over a wall, matching the appearance of the one separating the area near Judeira from a road used by Israelis.

Though located in the occupied West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967, Judeira is surrounded by roads and lands that are effectively annexed by Israel.

On Wednesday, Israeli forces killed another teenager who it claimed had thrown an explosive device at Israeli troops.

In a statement on Friday, the military said it had killed three Palestinians and arrested 60 "wanted individuals" this week in the occupied West Bank.

Violence in the occupied West Bank has soared since the war in Gaza broke out in October 2023.

At least 1,001 Palestinians have been killed in the region by Israeli forces or settlers since the start of the war on Gaza, according to the Palestinian health ministry.