Israeli forces killed three Palestinians within the occupied West Bank on Sunday, together with two who have been shot lifeless when their automotive broke by way of a checkpoint, sources on either side mentioned.

Troops chased a automotive that had damaged by way of a checkpoint close to town of Hebron and “fired toward the terrorists and neutralised them”, the Israeli military mentioned in a press release.

The Palestinian well being ministry in Ramallah confirmed the boys have been killed, whereas the Palestinian Red Crescent Society mentioned it had acquired their our bodies.

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In a separate incident additional north, the well being ministry mentioned one other younger man had been shot lifeless by Israeli forces in a refugee camp close to town of Jericho.

Medical sources in Jericho instructed an AFP correspondent {that a} 16-year-old was killed throughout a military raid on the camp to arrest a needed man.

No clashes have been reported and the Israeli military has not but commented on the incident.

Violence has surged within the West Bank since October 7, when the Palestinian armed group Hamas launched an assault in southern Israel that sparked a full-scale battle within the Gaza Strip.

Israeli military raids and assaults by settlers have killed no less than 341 individuals within the West Bank since then, in keeping with an AFP tally based mostly on sources on either side.

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More than 520 Palestinians have been killed within the West Bank final yr, in keeping with the Palestinian well being ministry.

Over the identical interval, Palestinian militants carried out assaults in Israel and the West Bank that killed no less than 41 individuals, in keeping with the Shin Bet safety company.

Israel has occupied the West Bank, dwelling to about three million Palestinians, because the Six-Day War of 1967.

Excluding annexed east Jerusalem, the territory is now dwelling to round 490,000 Israelis who dwell in settlements thought of unlawful below worldwide regulation.