Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in Jenin as they try to surrender

"Israeli soldiers have shot and killed two Palestinian men during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin as the pair attempted to surrender to the military, according to video footage and witness accounts from the scene. Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh said journalists in Jenin reported on Thursday that the two men had pulled their shirts up, showing that they were unarmed before the military ordered them to go back into a building that they had been holed up in."

"list of 3 itemsend of list And then they were shot dead. They were executed, Odeh said, reporting from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. In a statement, the Israeli army said its troops had pursued wanted individuals who were affiliated with a terror network in the Jenin area and had initiated a surrender procedure that lasted several hours. After the men exited the building, fire was directed towards the suspects, the statement said."

"The incident is under review by the commanders on the ground, and will be transferred to the relevant professional bodies. But Odeh noted that, historically, Israeli reviews of the killings of Palestinians typically do not end in indictments or criminal investigations. Mustafa Barghouti, head of the Palestinian National Initiative, a political party, condemned the deadly shooting in Jenin as a shocking crime. The Israeli army executed two Palestinian men after they surrendered and were arrested in Jenin, in front of the cameras,"

Two Palestinian men were shot dead by Israeli soldiers during a raid in Jenin as they attempted to surrender. Journalists said the men pulled up their shirts to show they were unarmed before being ordered back into the building and were then shot on exit. The Israeli army said troops pursued wanted individuals linked to a terror network and that a surrender procedure lasting several hours preceded gunfire; commanders are reviewing the incident. Palestinian leaders condemned the killings as executions and war crimes, while Israel's far-right minister praised the forces. Helicopters and drones were used in northern West Bank raids amid a wider crackdown.

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