VIDEO: Israeli forces kill Palestinian youth for brandishing a fake gun in east Jerusalem

Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians in separate incidents Wednesday, including one who allegedly tried to stab soldiers and a teenager who appeared to point a fake gun at police, sources on both sides said.

In the first incident, Arref Abdel Nasser Arref Lahlouh, 22, was killed "by Israeli gunfire," near the occupied West Bank Palestinian city of Qalqilya, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

The army said that Lahlou "attempted to carry out a stabbing attack" near the Jewish settlement of Kdumim.

Lahlou is the 19th Palestinian killed in the West Bank this year, including civilians and combatants, the majority of whom were shot dead by Israeli forces.

Separately on Wednesday, Israeli forces killed a teenager during an operation in the Shuafat refugee camp in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.
The Palestinian health ministry identified him as Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali, 17.

Israeli police said that "masked men threw pipe bombs and Molotov cocktails" at officers during the operation.

"The police forces identified a suspect armed with an item that looked like a weapon and was pointing it at the force," the statement said.
"Following the threat, a shot was fired at the suspect which led to his neutralisation. At the scene, police found an imitation firearm," it added.

Israel regularly demolishes the homes of individuals it blames for attacks on Israelis.