Israel forces martyr 2 Palestinians during raid near Jenin

Israeli forces have shot and martyred two Palestinians during a raid near the city of Jenin in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

According to Press TV, the raid took place against the Jenin refugee camp in early Thursday, triggering violent confrontation between the troops and Palestinians.

Palestinian media outlets have identified the fatalities as Na’im Jamal al-Zubaidi and Muhammad Ayman al-Sa’di, saying the victims had attained martyrdom after being targeted with Israeli live fire. Another Palestinian was also injured in the attack.

The deadly swoop came only hours after the regime's forces attacked the town of Ya’bad, southwest of Jenin, martyring a 22-year-old, named as Mohammad Badarneh.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said Badarneh was fatally shot in the chest during the military raid. He was rushed to Ibn Sina Hospital in a critical condition where he was pronounced dead.

The current year has proven the deadliest for Palestinians since 2005, when the United Nations began keeping a record of the deaths.

Including today's fatalities, more than 200 Palestinians have been martyred as a result of the Israeli regime's deadly acts of aggression throughout the West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip since the beginning of the year. The number includes scores of teenagers.

The Israeli regime occupied the Palestinian territories during a heavily Western-backed war in 1967.

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