Israeli forces shot two Palestinian men on Thursday who appeared to be surrendering and unarmed during a raid in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to videos circulating on social media and broadcast by television channels.
In the footage, the men are seen exiting a building surrounded by armed Israeli forces in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, lifting their shirts and lying on the ground in an apparent surrender. The forces then appeared to direct the men back inside the building before opening fire at close range, with the men slumping down, apparently lifeless.
The Israeli army and police later on Thursday issued a joint statement announcing they had opened an investigation into the shooting, which the Palestinian Authority condemned as a "war crime" and a "brutal" summary execution.
The statement did not give any
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