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Palestinian teen dies of Israeli gunshot wounds sustained in West Bank clashes

Thursday, 17 June 2021 5:31 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 17 June 2021 5:00 PM ]

Palestinian Ahmed Bani Shamsa, 16, was killed by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank town of Beita on June 16, 2021.

Israeli occupation forces have shed the blood of yet another Palestinian youth. The teenage boy has succumbed to gunshot wounds he received as an Israeli soldier shot him in the head in the West Bank town of Beita.

Palestinian media identified the victim as 16-year-old Ahmed Bani Shamsa.

Eyewitness told Turkey’s Anadolu news agency that the Palestinian teen was shot in the head by Israeli forces during a protest against the establishment of the illegal Evyatar settlement outpost in Beita, southeast of Nablus city on Wednesday.

He was rushed to Nablus’ Rafidia Surgical Hospital "in critical condition," they added.

The Israeli army claimed that a group of dozens of Palestinians was making its way toward the outpost when one of them threw a suspicious object, which exploded but left no Israeli casualties.

An Israeli soldier fired toward the Palestinian, the army added.

The area around Beita has recently witnessed clashes between occupation forces and Palestinians following the establishment of Evyatar outpost.

Earlier on Wednesday, Israeli forces shot dead Palestinian woman Mai Afaneh, 29, over an alleged car-ramming and stabbing attack against the regime’s troops near the central West Bank town of Hizme.

Israeli forces kill Palestinian woman over alleged car-ramming, stabbing attack in West Bank

Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian woman in the central part of the occupied West Bank over an alleged car-ramming and stabbing attack.

Israeli troops have on numerous occasions been caught on camera brutally killing Palestinians, with the videos going viral online and sparking international condemnation.

The Tel Aviv regime has been criticized for its extensive use of lethal force against and extrajudicial killing of Palestinians who do not pose an immediate threat to the occupation forces or to the Israeli settlers.

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