Ramallah, June 22 (Petra) – Israeli occupation forces shot and killed two young Palestinians and seriously wounded another early Monday in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the southern West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

It said Issa Awad, 19, and Reda Awad, 15, were fatally shot by soldiers near the settlement of Karmei Tzur, built on Palestinian-owned land. Troops held the bodies and prevented ambulance crews from reaching the site, leaving them to bleed to death, it said.

Another Palestinian, also a resident of Beit Ummar, was wounded by soldiers, and paramedics transported him to a hospital, where he was reported in a serious condition.

//Petra//SS