Israel kills two Palestinian children in occupied West Bank

Two Palestinian boys have been shot dead by Israeli forces in Beit Amr, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Thursday. 

Local media has identified them as Mohammed Abu Ayyash and Bilal Baha'a Bouran. 

In separate statements, both Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) swiftly condemned the killings.

"The occupation's attempts to terrorise the West Bank through systematic killing will fail and will only increase our people's resolve and steadfastness, and strengthen the will to resist," Hams said.

"We call upon our loyal people in Hebron, and our free and proud people throughout the West Bank, to escalate the resistance, avenge the blood of the martyrs, deter the settlers, and protect our land and holy sites from the terrorism of the occupier".

The PIJ said "the killing of the two martyrs... [and the] withholding of their bodies is a summary execution and a clear war crime".