Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian teenagers near Ramallah in the West Bank on Wednesday during widespread protests against Israel's bombing of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said.
The deaths brought the toll of Palestinians killed in the latest flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence to at least 64 in the West Bank, a sharp uptick in fatal clashes with the army and settlers.
A statement from the Palestinian Authority's health ministry said Israeli forces shot a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old in the village of Shuqba west of Ramallah. It did not elaborate. Waving Palestinian flags and chanting for Hamas, a rare show of support for the militant group that has a relatively small presence in the West Bank, some young Palestinians said they were ready to resort to violence to oppose Israel's assault.
"Everyone must come and defend Gaza. Whoever has stones should come and throw them, whoever has guns should come and shoot them," he said.
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