Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in separate incidents

Israeli forces kill Palestinian man in occupied West Bank village of Burqin and a woman in Jerusalem’s Old City.

Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Israeli occupation forces have shot and killed two Palestinians in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank village of Burqin and in the Old City of Jerusalem.

The first of those killed early on Thursday was identified as 22-year-old Alaa Nasser Mohammed Zayyoud from the village of al-Silah al-Harithiya, northwest Jenin, in the occupied West Bank.

According to local media reports, Zayyoud was shot overnight in the nearby village of Burqin during an armed confrontation with the Israeli army after it raided the town with dozens of military jeeps and special forces at dawn to carry out arrests.