HEBRON: Israeli forces shot dead four Palestinians in a West Bank refugee camp on Monday, the Palestinian health ministry said, taking the toll in the occupied territory to over 300 since Oct 7.

Mohammad Samir Milhem, 17, his brother Hikmat, 24, and Yazan Khatib, 20, were shot in the head by Israeli troops in the Al Fara camp near Tubas. Rashed Habib Al Aydi, 17, was shot in the chest.

A photographer saw mourners holding a funeral later on Monday, carrying bodies aloft through a crowd.

Elsewhere, firefighters sprayed down burnt-out cars, and a boy comforted his crying sister.

Israeli forces shot dead six Palestinians, including a 14-year-old boy, in a raid on the refugee camp earlier this month. The army confirmed at that time it had conducted an operation.

In a separate incident on Monday, a 27-year-old woman was wounded in “a shooting towards a car” north of Ramallah, Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency medical services said.

Published in Dawn, December 19th, 2023