RAMMALAH — A Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli
occupation forces Friday at a demonstration in the occupied West Bank, the
Palestinian health ministry said.
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The victim was shot in the head, the ministry said, in the
flashpoint town of Beita, scene of regular demonstrations against illegal Israeli
settlement expansion, which often degenerate into clashes.
A family member identified the dead man as Mohammed Ali
Khabisa, 27.
He was taken to hospital in the northern West Bank city of
Nablus where he died shortly afterwards, the ministry said.
Another eight Palestinians were
wounded by rubber-coated
bullets, the Palestinians' official Wafa news agency reported.
Israeli occupation forces said they launched an
investigation into "reports that a Palestinian was killed".
A statement said a "violent riot" had erupted
during which "hundreds of Palestinians burned tires and hurled rocks” at
Israeli forces.
Beita residents have been demonstrating since May against
the illegal Israeli settlement outpost of Eviatar, set up nearby without
Israeli permission.
The outpost was evacuated in early July but Israeli forces
remain stationed there while authorities deliberate on its fate.
If the settlement is approved, its founders will be allowed
to take up residence more permanently.
Beita's residents have vowed to continue their campaign
until occupation forces too leave the outpost.
Several protesters have been killed and hundreds wounded in
clashes with Israeli occupation forces since May.
Israel occupied the West Bank in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and
all Jewish settlements in the territory are considered illegal by most of the
international community.
Almost half a million people live in illegal Israeli
settlements in the West Bank, alongside 2.8 million Palestinians.
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