Israeli occupation forces shot and killed two Palestinian minors on Thursday night in the town of Al-Judeira, northwest of occupied Jerusalem.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that the two victims — Mohammad Abdullah Teim and Mohammad Rashad Fadel Qasem, both aged 16 — were fatally struck by live bullets after Israeli forces opened heavy fire near the apartheid wall surrounding the town.

Eyewitnesses said Israeli troops fired without provocation and blocked ambulances from reaching the injured, leaving the two boys to bleed to death. After the attack, the soldiers seized the bodies of the slain teenagers, refusing to return them to their families — a recurring tactic of collective punishment employed by the occupation.

Residents of Al-Judeira described the killings as “an execution in cold blood,” stressing that the town has witnessed repeated Israeli raids, arrests, and assaults targeting young Palestinians in recent months.

Human rights advocates denounced the incident as part of Israel’s systematic policy of violence and intimidation aimed at crushing Palestinian resistance and deepening control over occupied territories.

According to Palestinian health data, more than one hundred children have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank and Jerusalem since the beginning of 2025 — a figure that continues to rise amid the ongoing war on Gaza and heightened Israeli military operations across the West Bank.

Palestinian organizations urged international human rights bodies and the United Nations to intervene and hold Israel accountable for its repeated violations of international law, stressing that the killing of children cannot be justified under any circumstances.

“These young boys were victims of an occupation that continues to spill innocent blood with impunity,” a local activist said. “Their martyrdom is a painful reminder that the price of freedom for Palestine is still being paid by its children.” (ILKHA)