Israeli soldiers shot and wounded 10 Palestinians near the West Bank town of Ramallah during a protest Friday over the killing of a teenager, Palestinian medics and security sources said.
In Gaza, meanwhile, medics said five more Palestinians were wounded by Israeli army gunfire near the border fence with Israel.
The
sources said the Palestinians in the West Bank were hit by live rounds
on the outskirts of Jalazun refugee camp and hospitalised in Ramallah,
including one with serious injuries. Accordiing to Ma'an News five more Palestinians were hit by rubbr coated bullets.Hundreds of Palestinians took part in the protest, many of them hurling rocks at the soldiers.The
demonstration was called to protest at the Israeli army's killing on
Wednesday of Mohammed Mubarak, a 19-year-old from Jalazun working on a
project funded by USAID and son of the camp's locally elected leader.
The
army said he was shot dead near a Jewish settlement outside Ramallah
after opening fire on them, but witnesses insisted he was unarmed.
Palestinian housing and public works minister Maher Ghneim [in the West bank] has condemned what he branded the "cold-blooded killing" of a labourer working on a project run by the ministry in coordination with USAID.
Palestinian housing and public works minister Maher Ghneim [in the West bank] has condemned what he branded the "cold-blooded killing" of a labourer working on a project run by the ministry in coordination with USAID.
Ghneim said the youth had been "carrying a sign to direct the traffic" when he was shot.
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Israel is weer hard bezig zijn 'bestaansrecht' te delegitimeren.
Anton
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