Israel-Gaza live updates: 3 killed, 6 injured in shooting in Jerusalem, police say
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Video has emerged purportedly showing the moment two Palestinian children were shot dead in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said two children — identified as 8-year-old Adam Samar Al-Ghoul and 15-year-old Basel Sulaiman Abu Al-Wafa — were gunned down by Israeli soldiers in the city of Jenin.
The Israel Defense Forces said its troops had killed two terrorists during a counter-terror raid in Jenin, including a senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group whom the IDF identified as Muhammad Zubeidi.
When asked about reports that two children were also killed, the IDF told ABC News that during the raid its soldiers had also shot suspects who threw explosive devices toward them.
Surveillance video from the scene reviewed by ABC News appeared to show one of the boys was holding a small object before the pair were fatally shot. The other didn’t appear to be holding anything. The children are not seen throwing anything in the video, which begins only a few seconds before the shooting.
Video also showed IDF troops in armored vehicles on the street adjacent to the location of the shooting.
-ABC News’ Nasser Atta, Layla Ferris, Helena Skinner and Morgan Winsor
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