TULKARM: The Palestinian health ministry reported that two Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire on Friday in the occupied West Bank, one by soldiers and the other by settlers.
Qusai Jamal
Maatan, 19, was "shot dead by settlers in the village of Burqa," east
of Ramallah, it was claimed late on Friday.
The Israeli
military did not react right away.
Another
young Palestinian was killed by a soldier's gunshot earlier.
According to a statement from the Palestinian health ministry, Mahmoud Abu Saan, 18, was killed this morning in Tulkarm by live bullets fired by Israeli occupation forces.
According to the Israeli army, while troops were
on patrol, suspects opened fire and threw explosives and stones at the
soldiers, who then opened fire back.
The
statement said, "Hits were
identified," adding that no soldiers were harmed.
Abu Saan was
"shot in the head by the occupation soldiers at zero distance,"
according to Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency.
The
Palestinian flag was draped over Abu Saan's head at his funeral, and his body
was carried through the town's streets before being buried.
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