RAMALLAH, May 28 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian teenager was killed and more than 90 others injured yesterday, in clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, Palestinian medics and eyewitnesses said.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement that, Zeid Ghuneim, 15, was killed, after he was shot by Israeli soldiers in the neck and back, during clashes in the town of al-Khader, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Israeli authorities have not commented on the incidents.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said in a statement that, more than 90 Palestinians were injured, during protests and clashes with the Israeli soldiers, in the villages of Burqa, Beit Dajan, Beita and Huwara.
Among the injured, 10 were shot by live ammunition, 22 by rubber-coated steel bullets, and dozens suffered from inhaling tear gas, said the organisation.
Fierce clashes broke out in several towns and villages yesterday, mainly near the northern West Bank cities of Nablus and Qalqilya, and dozens of anti-settlement demonstrators burned tires and threw stones at the Israeli soldiers, Palestinian eyewitnesses said.
The Palestinians organised rallies and protests every Friday, against the Israeli regime’s policies of expanding settlements and confiscation of Palestinian lands, and the demonstrations usually turn into clashes with the Israeli soldiers.– NNN-WAFA
