RAMALLAH, Feb 12 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian man was killed yesterday, during clashes with Israeli settlers, near the northern West Bank city of Salfit, the Palestinian health ministry said.
Methqal Rayyan, 27, was killed after being shot in the head by an Israeli settler, in the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, the ministry said in a statement, adding, the young man died on the way to hospital.
Palestinian eyewitnesses said, a group of armed Israeli settlers clashed with the residents in the village and opened fire at them.
With the death of Rayyan, the total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers and Jewish Settlers in the West Bank since Jan 1, has risen to 46, according to the ministry.
There has been no comment from the Israeli authorities on the incident.
The Israeli media reported that since Jan 1, nine Israelis have been killed and several injured in two separate attacks carried out by Palestinians in East Jerusalem.
Tension has been mounting in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, mainly after the formation of the Israeli right-wing regime, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu.
The issue of Jewish settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem has long been a major source of dispute between Israelis and Palestinians.– NNN-WAFA
