The Israeli army and police said Thursday they were investigating the circumstances in which two Palestinians were shot dead in the occupied West Bank while seemingly surrendering to Israeli forces.

The incident in Jenin in the northern West Bank, a stronghold of Palestinian armed groups, was filmed from several angles, including by AFP.

The Palestinian Authority named the two men killed as 37-year-old Yussef Ali Asa'sa and 26-year-old Al-Muntasir Billah Mahmud Abdullah.

It said they were killed in a "brutal" summary execution and condemned the incident as a "war crime".

Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir swiftly backed the forces who opened fire, saying: "Terrorists must die!"

- Blood-soaked floor -

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