RAMALLAH: Israeli occupation forces Friday evening gunned down a Palestinian in the Abwein town, northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, according to a municipal source.
Mayor of Abwein, Mahmoud Hamad, said that the occupation forces barged their way into the town, triggering confrontations.
During the confrontations, Hamad added, the heavily armed Israeli soldiers opened live fire directly on 26-year-old Ali Muwafaq Muzahem, critically injuring him.
Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that its medics evacuated Muzahem, who sustained a critical injury in the head, to a health centre in the nearby town of Jiljilya, where he was pronounced dead.
Muzahem’s body was eventually transferred to the Thabet Thabet Hospital in Salfit.
Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA