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RAMALLAH: Israeli forces are holding the bodies of two Palestinian teenagers shot dead near a West Bank settlement, Palestinian authorities said Monday, while the military said the pair were killed after throwing Molotov cocktails.
The Ramallah-based General Authority of Civil Affairs, which is affiliated with the Palestinian Authority, said the bodies were with Israeli authorities. It said the shooting took place north of the city of Hebron.
Official Palestinian news agency Wafa identified the two killed as Reda Sami Awad, 15, and Arafat Ismail Awad, 19. “Israeli forces are holding their bodies,” Wafa said.
According to Israel’s military, soldiers opened fire on Sunday on a group of people burning tyres and hurling petrol bombs towards the settlement.
