Israeli security forces shot two Palestinian men on Thursday who appeared to be surrendering and unarmed during a raid in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestine TV news footage showed.
In the footage, the men are seen exiting a building surrounded by armed Israeli forces in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, lifting their shirts and lying on the ground in an apparent surrender.
The forces then appeared to direct the men back inside the building before opening fire at close range.

A Reuters journalist on the scene observed men exiting a building, seemingly in a state of surrender. Shortly after gunshots rang out, the journalist noted that Israeli forces were positioned near what appeared to be a lifeless body.

The Palestinian health ministry said in a statement that the two men were killed in the shooting, identifying them as 26-year-old Montasir Abdullah and 37-year-old Yusuf Asasa.
The Israeli military and Israeli police issued a joint statement announcing that they had opened an investigation after forces opened fire towards suspects who had exited a building.
The statement did not give any reason for why the forces opened fire, nor say that the two men had lain on the ground before they were directed back inside the building and shot.
The Palestinian Authority accused Israeli forces of deliberately committing a “war crime”.
The foreign ministry in Ramallah said it “strongly condemns the brutal field execution carried out by the Israeli occupation army”.
Jenin governor Kamal Abu al-Rub accused Israeli forces of carrying out a “cold-blooded execution” of two young men who he said were unarmed and had surrendered.

He emphasized the need for accountability for those who discharged their weapons but expressed skepticism regarding the likelihood of a thorough investigation by Israeli authorities.

Israeli forces had been carrying out an operation in the Jenin area to apprehend individuals wanted for “terror activities, including hurling explosives and firing at security forces”, the Israeli military and police said in the joint statement.
The two men who were shot were wanted individuals who were affiliated with a “terror network in the area of Jenin”, the statement said. It did not specify what the two men were accused of nor disclose any evidence of their alleged link with a terror network.

Both the military and police reported that security forces had surrounded the building where the individuals were located. They initiated a “surrender procedure” that unfolded over several hours.

“Following their exit, fire was directed toward the suspects,” the statement said, adding that the shooting was “under review by the commanders on the ground, and will be transferred to the relevant professional bodies.”
Israel’s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir later issued a statement giving his “full backing” to the military and the police unit that was involved in the shooting.

One official, commenting on the incident on the social media platform X, stated, “The fighters acted precisely as expected—terrorists should meet their end!”

The Jenin raid marks the latest assault in a months-long Israeli campaign across northern West Bank cities. Israeli forces on Wednesday launched an operation on the nearby city of Tubas.
Palestinian militant group Hamas, which agreed to a ceasefire with Israel in Gaza last month, condemned the killing of the men in Jenin as an “execution” and urged the international community to intervene to stop what it called Israel’s “escalating field executions.”
The group did not claim the two men as members.

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