Two Palestinians were shot dead after successfully stabbing an Israeli soldier in the village of Huwwara south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank

Two Palestinians were shot dead after successfully stabbing an Israeli soldier in the village of Huwwara south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that two Palestinians stabbed and wounded a soldier before Israeli occupation forces on site opened fire, resulting in their deaths.

The spokesperson said that initial reports suggested that an additional soldier was injured as a result of fire directed towards the ‘attackers’.

During a commemoration ceremony on Sunday for the 29-year-detainee in Israeli jails, Samir Al-Kuntar, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah hailed the stabbing operations Palestinian youths are launching. “The steadfastness of the Palestinians today is the real resistance, the more so is revealed in their continued sit-in, high awareness, solid will, armed resistance, and stabbing operations that are frightening the Israeli soldiers and settlers. Those who are staging stabbing operations in Palestine know that they would either be martyred or jailed, but they remain in their resistance to regain their occupied territories.”

One Israeli soldier received stab wounds to the face, while the other was injured by a gunshot wound to the leg, according to Israeli media.

Locals identified the heroic Palestinians as Muhammad Rafiq Hussien Sabana,17, and Noor al-Deen Muhammad Abdul-Qadir Sabana, 23.

The Huwwara area -- particularly the military checkpoint next to the village -- has been site to frequent confrontation between local Palestinians and Israeli occupation military and settlers in recent months.

Israeli forces on Sunday shot dead 56-year-old Maher al-Jabi at the Huwwara military checkpoint after he ran his vehicle into soldiers, injuring one.