Israeli forces assassinate three Palestinians in separate West Bank raids

Israeli forces have assassinated three Palestinians, including a teenager, in separate raids across the occupied West Bank.

According to the official Palestinian Wafa news agency, the first victim was identified by the Palestinian Health Ministry as 20-year-old Aziz Abdulrahim Ekhlail.

The young man died during confrontations between Israeli forces and Palestinians in the town of Beit Ummar, north of the city of al-Khalil, also known as Hebron, in southern West Bank.

Medical sources said Ekhlail martyred of a critical wound he received from a shot fired by the regime's troops at his abdomen.

The ministry subsequently announced the martyrdom of another youth, whom it identified as 25-year-old Salem Nasser Hajar.

Hajar attained martyrdom of a headshot he had received earlier during the day while he was walking with his brother along the separation wall built by the Israeli regime west of the town of Deir al-Ghusun, north of Tulkarm. His brother was arrested by the regime's forces.

Later during the day, Palestinian security sources reported the martyrdom of Atallah Ziad Badaha, 16, at the hands of Israeli troops, who had raided the Deir Ammar refugee camp, northwest of the city of Ramallah. 

The raid prompted clashes between the Israeli occupation forces and local Palestinians, during which the teenager was shot in the chest. Two more Palestinian youths were also injured.

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