Israeli forces have killed a young Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank amid simmering tensions as the Tel Aviv regime have intensified crackdown on growing armed Palestinian resistance.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the death of Yazan Omar Jamil Khasib, 23, who died “after the occupation [Israeli forces] opened fire on him at the northern entrance of al-Bireh” city near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, on Friday.
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that he was arrested in critical condition by Israeli soldiers, only to succumb to his serious gunshot wounds and pronounced dead a few minutes later.
Palestinian ambulance and medical staff were denied access by the Israeli army to the scene, where the young man was first reported wounded.
Khasib’s body was held by Israeli occupation military force for two hours, before it was turned over to the Palestinian side.
