Israeli security forces shot two Palestinian men who appeared to be surrendering and unarmed during a raid in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestine TV news footage showed.
In the footage, the men are seen exiting a building surrounded by armed Israeli forces in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, lifting their shirts and lying on the ground in an apparent surrender.
The Israeli forces then appeared to direct the men back inside the building before opening fire at close range.
A Reuters journalist in the vicinity saw the men leave the building, appearing to surrender and later, after hearing shots fired, saw Israeli forces standing near what appeared to be a lifeless body.
The Palestinian health ministry said in a statement the two men were killed in the shooting, identifying them as 26-year-old Montasir Abdullah and 37-year-old Yusuf Asasa.
It said the men were "shot dead by Israeli forces in the Jabal Abu Dhahir area in the city of Jenin", adding that their bodies were being held by Israeli forces.
The foreign ministry in Ramallah said it "strongly condemns the brutal field execution carried out by the Israeli occupation army against two Palestinian youths", calling it a "deliberate Israeli war crime".
It urged the international community to take "immediate action to stop the Israeli killing machine, deter these crimes and impose urgent international protection mechanisms for the Palestinian people".
Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967.
The Israeli military and Israeli police issued a joint statement announcing that they had opened an investigation after forces opened fire towards suspects who had exited a building.
The statement did not give any reason for why the military personnel opened fire, nor say that the two men lay on the ground before they were directed back inside the building and shot.
Jenin Governor Kamal Abu al-Rub, speaking by phone, accused Israeli forces of carrying out a "cold-blooded execution" of two young men who he said were unarmed and had surrendered.
He said those who opened fire should face accountability, but expressed doubt that Israeli authorities would conduct a genuine investigation.
Israeli forces had been carrying out an operation in the Jenin area to apprehend individuals wanted for "terror activities, including hurling explosives and firing at security forces", the Israeli military and police said in the joint statement.
The two men who were shot were wanted individuals who were affiliated with a "terror network in the area of Jenin", the statement said.
It did not specify what the two men were accused of or disclose any evidence of their alleged link with a terror network.
According to the military and police, security forces had surrounded the building where the men were located before initiating a "surrender procedure" that lasted several hours.
"Following their exit, fire was directed toward the suspects," the statement said, adding that the shooting was "under review by the commanders on the ground and will be transferred to the relevant professional bodies".
Israel's far right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir later issued a statement giving his "full backing" to the military and the police unit that was involved in the shooting.
"The fighters acted exactly as expected of them - terrorists should die!," he wrote on scoial media platform X.
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem said the two men were killed "while posing no threat".
"The execution documented today is the result of an accelerated process of dehumanisation of Palestinians and the complete abandonment of their lives by the Israeli regime," said B'Tselem's executive director Yuli Novak.
The Jenin raid marks the latest assault in a months-long Israeli campaign across northern West Bank cities.
Israeli forces on Wednesday launched an operation on the nearby city of Tubas.
Palestinian militant group Hamas, which agreed to a ceasefire with Israel in Gaza last month, condemned the killing of the men in Jenin as an "execution" and urged the international community to intervene to stop what it called Israel's "escalating field executions".
The militant group did not claim the two men as members.
