HEBRON - Two Palestinians were shot dead by an Israeli truck driver in the south Hebron Hills on Sunday morning, Israeli police said. Palestinian officials confirmed the two deaths but had no information about the circumstances of the shooting which took place at the Shani junction near Al-Samua, in the southernmost part of the West Bank. "Two Palestinians where shot when an Israeli truck driver opened fire at two or three persons," he told AFP. “The hospital has since informed us that the two Palestinians were killed," he added. Yatta Mayor Zaharan Abu Qbeita confirmed the two died after being hit by several bullets in the neck area, with the bodies taken to Yatta hospital.The two men were named as Anwar Abed Rabbo, 35, and Naim al-Najjar, 29, both of whom lived in the Yatta area.Speaking to AFP at the hospital, a member of Abed Rabbo's family denied the Israeli claim that the two men were car thieves. "They were just on their way to work in Israel," he said.A Palestinian police source also denied the two had been involved in any criminal activity when they were shot.