Ramallah, August 7 (RHC)-- The death toll from the Israeli military raid on the town of Aqqaba in the occupied West Bank’s Tubas area has risen to four – including two 19-year-olds and a 14-year-old, the Wafa news agency reports.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health told Wafa that the two 19-year-olds from Aqqaba died early on Tuesday of their wounds after being shot by Israeli forces.  A 14-year-old Palestinian boy was also shot and killed during the raid and, on Monday evening, a 37-year-old man died from critical head wounds from the Israeli gunfire.

According to reports, the Israeli military stormed the town, surrounded a house and fired live bullets at young Palestinians who tried to resist the incursion into their community.  The Palestine Red Crescent Society had reported that seven Palestinians were shot and seriously injured during the Israeli raid.