Israeli troops kill 231 Palestinians in 2022

Published January 3rd, 2023 - 06:12 GMT
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Israeli soldiers are pictured in the Palestinian village of Kafr Dan in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, on January 2, 2023, during an operation to demolish the homes of two Palestinians accused of killing an Israeli soldier. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

ALBAWABA - At least 231 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire, making 2022 the deadliest for Palestinians living under 55 years of Israeli occupation, the longest in recent history.

Social media sites are trending with the latest figures as the United Nations asserted that 2022 was a deadly year for Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

The killing spree continued into 2023 with the first two Palestinian youths killed just after the New Year. Israeli occupation forces killed two young Palestinian men and wounded three others, one of them critically, in the town of Kufr Dan, near Jenin, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the dead as Mohammad Samer Houshieh, 22, and Fouad Mahmoud Abed, 25.