The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detonated on Monday morning the homes of two Palestinian martyrs in Kafr Dan town northwest of Jenin.
Martyrs Ahmad Ayman and Abdul-Rahman Hani from the family of Abed were shot dead several months ago in a shootout at an Israeli military checkpoint in Jenin that led to the killing of an Israeli soldier.
The IOF said in a statement on Sunday night that they were operating in Kafr Dan to demolish the homes of the two young men who carried out a deadly shooting operation at the Jalamah checkpoint in last September.
The large-scale IOF raid on the town which included special forces started on Sunday night and continued until Monday morning.
Confrontations and armed clashes reportedly broke out with Israeli forces late on Sunday night in the town and nearby areas.
Later the Palestinian health ministry announced that two young men identified as Mohamed Hoshiyeh 22 and Fuaad Abed 25 were shot dead early on Monday during the IOF raid in Kafr Dan.
At least six others were injured during the raid including one in critical condition the ministry added.
According to Al Jazeera satellite channel “the two men shot dead on Monday are the first Palestinians to be killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank this year as a result of an ongoing Israeli military campaign of intensified raids and killings for almost a year.”
The UN marked 2022 as the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank in 16 years.
The IOF killed at least 171 Palestinians in the West Bank and east Jerusalem in 2022 including more than 30 children. At least 9000 others have been injured according to a recent UN report.
