Israeli occupation troops kill two Palestinian youth West of Jenin

Israeli occupation Saturday killed two Palestinians and injured two others near Salem checkpoint, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Israeli occupation fired a volley of gunfire at a group of Palestinian youths in the vicinity of the permanently staffed checkpoint, killing 22-year-old Mustafa Sultan Abed from the nearby village of Kafr Dan and 21-year-old Ahmad Mohammad Shawahneh from the Silat al-Harithiya village and injuring two others, Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) quoted security sources as saying. The heavily-armed soldiers prevented ambulances from reaching the area to recover the bodies of the two slain youths, it mentioned. The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) medics confirmed that they rushed a 25-year-old and a 22-year-old casualties from the vicinity of the checkpoint to a hospital in the city of Jenin, and described their injuries as moderate. Source: Kuwait News Agency