RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories —
Israeli occupation forces on Friday shot and killed a Palestinian teen in the
occupied West Bank, the Palestinian news agency, Wafa, reported.
اضافة اعلان
Amjad Nashaat Abu Alia, 16, “died of critical wounds
sustained by live bullets in the chest”, during confrontations near the village
of Al-Mughayer, close to Ramallah, the ministry Palestinian health ministry
said in a statement.
Around 300–400
Palestinians had gathered for a
protest march against the expansion of an illegal Israeli settlement in the
area, according to AFP.
The confrontations broke out when Israeli forces and
settlers violently cracked down on a rally against settler attacks in the
village, Wafa reported.
Israeli forces, in a statement to AFP, said they had
deployed “riot dispersal means and live fire”.
The killing comes after two Palestinians were killed
during an overnight raid by Israeli forces in Nablus early on Sunday.
Israeli
occupation forces have killed at least 53 Palestinians since late March, mostly
in the West Bank, the majority civilians, including Al Jazeera journalist
Shireen Abu Akleh, who was covering an Israeli raid in Jenin.
Over the same period, 19 Israelis — both military personnel
and non-combatants — have been killed.
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