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Israeli forces kill three Palestinian teenagers

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Israeli forces kill three Palestinian teenagers

The twin sister of Kalzar Al Uweiwi, the Palestinian teenager who was killed in the attack, kisses her body ahead of her funeral in the Israeli occupied West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday.

 Two 15-year-old Palestinians fired on Israeli soldiers before being shot dead in the northern occupied West Bank on Sunday, Israel's army said, while a Palestinian teenager was killed after a separate attempted attack.
The incidents were the latest in a wave of Palestinian knife, gun and car-ramming assaults that erupted in October.
They came as US ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power visited Israel and the Palestinian territories for talks with leaders from both sides.
In the first incident, an army statement said the two teenagers attacked an Israeli patrol west of the city of Jenin with rocks before firing on soldiers with a rifle.
"The force responded to the shooting and fired towards the attackers, resulting in their deaths," it said.
The Palestinian health ministry named those killed as Nihad Waked and Fuad Waked, both 15 years old. They were not thought to be closely related.
Later in the day, a Palestinian attempted to stab Israeli border police between Jerusalem and Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank before being shot dead, Israeli authorities said.
The Palestinian health ministry identified the assailant as Naim Safi, 17 and from a village near Bethlehem.
Since the current round of bloodshed erupted at the beginning of October, 170 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces. Most were carrying out attacks but others died during clashes and demonstrations.
The violence has claimed the lives of 26 Israelis, as well as an American, a Sudanese and an Eritrean, according to an AFP count.
Many of the assailants have been teenagers who appear to have acted on their own.

Published: Sun 14 Feb 2016, 11:00 PM

Updated: Wed 17 Feb 2016, 8:22 AM

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