Israeli occupation army kills two Palestinians

The Israeli occupation army on Thursday murdered two Palestinians, including a teenager in the ongoing army rampage at the Balata refugee camp near Nablus.

Medical sources said an 18-year-old boy was shot and killed, apparently by a Jewish sniper, at the Balata refugee camp outside Nablus as he was standing in the veranda of his home.

The boy was unarmed, according to eyewitnesses and his family.

The Israeli occupation army said the boy was carrying a cocktail bomb, a claim denied by the boy's family.

A second youth, aged 23 years, was also killed today afternoon.

Seven other Palestinians were injured by Israeli soldiers' bullets, with one reportedly sustaining a life-threatening injury.

In the Gaza Strip, Israeli occupation soldiers on Thursday seriously injured a four-year-child in northern Gaza when Israeli gunners fired artillery rounds near a Palestinian civilian neighborhood.

Sources in Gaza said the boy was hit by a shrapnel from Israeli artillery shelling.

The Israeli army killed over a thousand Palestinian children and minors in the past five years.