Two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli troops in the West Bank on Sunday, as the IDF continued its search for the three missing Israeli teenagers, reports AFP and CNN.
Israel accuses Hamas of abducting the three teenagers, Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar and Naftali Frenkel, who disappeared whilst hitch-hiking near Hebron on June 12.
Speaking on Sunday, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had "no intention of harming everyone", adding, "Netanyahu said Israel had "no intention of harming anyone", adding, "but our forces are acting as necessary for self-defence, and from time to time, there are victims or casualties on the Palestinian side as a result."
On Saturday the UN Chief Ban Ki Moon expressed "deep solidarity" with the family of the missing teenagers, whilst also having "expressed concern over the increase violence, mass arrests and restriction of movement in the West Bank."
Hundreds of Palestinians have been arrested since Israeli troops began a search operation in the West Bank.
On Sunday, Israeli rights groups, criticised Israel's search operations in the West Bank in a letter to the Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon, describing it as "collective punishment".
Israel accuses Hamas of abducting the three teenagers, Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar and Naftali Frenkel, who disappeared whilst hitch-hiking near Hebron on June 12.
Speaking on Sunday, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had "no intention of harming everyone", adding, "Netanyahu said Israel had "no intention of harming anyone", adding, "but our forces are acting as necessary for self-defence, and from time to time, there are victims or casualties on the Palestinian side as a result."
On Saturday the UN Chief Ban Ki Moon expressed "deep solidarity" with the family of the missing teenagers, whilst also having "expressed concern over the increase violence, mass arrests and restriction of movement in the West Bank."
Hundreds of Palestinians have been arrested since Israeli troops began a search operation in the West Bank.
On Sunday, Israeli rights groups, criticised Israel's search operations in the West Bank in a letter to the Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon, describing it as "collective punishment".