Israeli troops kill one more Palestinian protester in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces on Friday shot dead a Palestinian man during an anti-settlement protest in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. Zakaria Hamayel was struck by a bullet to the chest in the village of Beita, south of Nablus, during a protest against Israeli settlement expansion on Palestinian land, the ministry said.
- Middle East
- Reuters
- Published Date: 08:33 | 28 May 2021
- Modified Date: 08:40 | 28 May 2021
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian during an anti-settlement protest in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
A few hundred Palestinians had gathered near Nablus in the northern West Bank to protest Israeli settlements.
Some in the crowd, with their faces covered by masks, threw rocks at soldiers and burned tires, witnesses said. Israeli soldiers opened fire, killing one man, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
Tensions remain high in the region despite a ceasefire reached last week between Israel and the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas in Gaza that ended 11 days of fighting.