Israel is investigating the shooting of two Palestinians who appeared to surrender in the West Bank

The Israeli army and police launched a joint investigation on Thursday after Benjamin Netanyahu’s forces Two Palestinian “terrorists” were shot dead Who surrendered himself to the army during the operation he carried out Implemented in the city of Jenin in the West Bank.

The army said in a statement that the two Palestinian men “entered the area, surrounded the building where the suspects were located, and began a surrender process that lasted several hours.” “They committed terrorist acts”Such as “throwing explosives or shooting” at troops.

Video clips spread on social media show the two young Palestinians Crouching on the ground with both hands raisedIn a sign of surrender, in front of a number of Israeli soldiers who raised their weapons, and finally shot them from close range until they fell dead on the ground.

The Israeli Minister of National Security, the far-right Itamar Ben Gvir, announced Their support for the soldiers who fired Against the Palestinians. “The troops behaved exactly as they should have. “The terrorists had to die,” he said on social network X.

For its part, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said that the “cold-blooded execution” of “the two defenseless Palestinian youth” in Jenin “is revealed once again.” The criminal mentality of the occupation “And their complete disregard for Palestinian blood, outside of any human law or custom,” as they “left the house without posing any threat” to the army.

“This crime is not an isolated incident, but rather a new episode in… A systematic process of extermination and liquidation He pointed out, according to what was reported by the “Falesteen” newspaper linked to the Hamas movement, that “the occupation is pursuing a policy against our people in the West Bank in a desperate attempt to implement the plan of annexation and displacement.”