Two Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers in West Bank, says Palestinian health ministry

Relatives and friends mourn over the body of Ayman Muhaisen, 29, killed in a clash with Israeli troops in the Dheisheh refugee camp near the West Bank town of Bethlehem, during his funeral in the same camp on June 2, 2022. - Muhaisen was the third Palestinian killed in 24 hours after a woman approaching soldiers with a knife was shot early on June 1, and a man was killed in an Israeli raid in the northern West Bank later that day. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters): Israeli soldiers shot dead two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Thursday (June 2), says the Palestinian Health Ministry.

In an early morning arrest raid near the city of Bethlehem, Israeli soldiers opened fire when local residents threw homemade bombs and rocks at them, the Israeli army said.