Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians, surrender disputed

The Israeli army and police were reviewing an incident in the occupied West Bank that the Palestinian Authority calls a "war crime."

Israeli security forces killed two Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, reportedly after they had surrendered.

The Palestinian Authority said the two men aged 26 and 37 were killed in "the brutal field execution carried out by the Israeli occupation army" and condemned the incident as a "war crime."

Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said he "fully supports" the Israeli troops who shot two "wanted terrorists."

Video apparently shows Palestinian men being shot

Footage on social media and broadcast by television channels, including Israeli ones, purportedly shows the unarmed men exiting a building in Jenin, lifting their shirts and lying down in apparent surrender, before Israeli forces reportedly directed them back inside and opened fire at close range.

The Israeli military and police said the incident is under investigation, but gave no reason for the shooting.

But Gvir wrote on social media, "The forces acted exactly as expected of them — terrorists must die!"

The Palestinian health ministry identified the two men and gave their ages as 26 and 37.

Israeli forces had been carrying out anoperation in the Jenin area to apprehend individuals wanted for "terror activities, including hurling explosives and firing at security forces," the Israeli military and police said in a joint statement.

Edited by: Dmytro Hubenko