Israeli forces kill two Palestinian teens in West Bank

JERUSALEM, Nov 21 (Agencies): Israeli forces killed two Palestinian teenagers during an overnight raid on a town near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, residents said, as violence surges in the territory with a growing number of dead.
Forces shot Sami Ibrahim Mashaikha, 16, and Amr Khaled Al-Marboua, 18, in Kfar Aqab and both later died of their wounds, according to the health ministry in the Palestinian Authority that exercises limited self-rule in the West Bank.
The Palestinian WAFA news agency reported that Israeli forces had raided Kfar Aqab overnight, deploying forces to the streets and on top of the town's buildings before opening fire.
Asked for comment, the Israeli military deferred to the Israel Border Police, a unit of Israel's national police, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
While an October 10 ceasefire has largely ended the war in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants, the West Bank is experiencing increasing violence.
Palestinians have faced tightening military restrictions over the past two years, curbing their freedom of movement. Attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers have also escalated.
Overnight, settlers attacked communities near Nablus, setting fire to properties in Huwara and Abu Falah, residents there said.
The Israeli military said that soldiers responded to reports overnight of Israeli civilians hurling rocks toward Palestinian vehicles and setting fire to property in the Huwara area.
Israeli soldiers carried out searches in the area but found no suspects, the military said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday that the United States, Britain, Germany and France were pursuing a path of "escalation" following the passage of a new resolution by the UN nuclear watchdog.
The resolution, adopted by the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) board on Thursday, demanded Tehran provide "full and prompt" cooperation including access to sensitive nuclear sites.
"Given that the E3 and the US seek escalation, they know full well that the official termination of the Cairo Agreement is the direct outcome of their provocations," Araghchi said on X.
The Cairo Agreement was reached in September between Iran and the IAEA to establish a framework for cooperation, but was deemed invalid by Tehran last month when the three European countries, or E3, triggered the return of UN sanctions that had been lifted under a now-defunct 2015 nuclear deal. Following Thursday's passage of the new resolution, Iran sent an official letter to the IAEA saying the Cairo Agreement was "null and void".
The agreement had aimed to address Tehran's restrictions on access for IAEA inspectors following a war between the Islamic republic and its longtime foe Israel.