Palestinian Wafa information company, quoting medical sources, recognized the slain man as 31-year-old Mujahed Ahmad Daoud.
A Palestinian man who was shot by Israeli forces within the occupied West Financial institution on Saturday night time has died of his wounds, in response to the Palestinian Ministry of Well being.
Ministry officers stated on Sunday that three others had been wounded within the Israeli firing.
Palestinian Wafa information company, quoting medical sources, recognized the slain man as Mujahed Ahmad Daoud, a 31-year-old Palestinian from the city of Qarawet Bani Hassan.
Daoud was rushed to Istishari Hospital in Ramallah the place efforts to avoid wasting his life failed.
The Israeli army stated Palestinians had began “a violent riot” close to Qarawet Bani Hassan on Saturday and troopers who had been working there opened hearth.
Tensions excessive
The incident follows months of tensions which have deepened since Israel started a crackdown within the West Financial institution in March in response to a collection of assaults by Palestinians in Israel.
Israeli forces have been finishing up near-daily raids in latest months, largely targeted on the cities of Jenin and Nablus within the West Financial institution, the place a brand new wave of Palestinian armed resistance is rising.
For the reason that starting of the yr, not less than 160 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces within the West Financial institution and Gaza Strip, together with 51 Palestinians throughout Israel’s three-day assault on Gaza in August, in response to the Ministry of Well being.
Tensions have additionally been excessive in occupied East Jerusalem after Israeli police locked down the Shuafat camp final week on the pretext of looking for a Palestinian suspected of killing a feminine Israeli soldier.
