A 20-year-old Palestinian man shot and wounded in clashes with Israeli forces in Nablus in the occupied West Bank succumbed to his wounds on Thursday (August 18th), Palestinian officials said.
The Arab hospital in Nablus (north) reported overnight that a young man had been killed by Israeli bullets.
He was identified as Wassim Abu Khalifa, a 20-year-old resident of Balata Palestinian refugee camp in Nablus, who suffered chest injuries in clashes overnight Wednesday-Thursday, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa and officials. of camp.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said 31 were injured in clashes that erupted in the area of the alleged tomb of Joseph, a tense site revered by Jews as housing the remains of Joseph, one of the 12 sons of Patriarch Jacob .
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The Palestinians consider this place, located near the Balata camp, as the tomb of a local Muslim religious figure.
The Israeli army said it had carried out an operation to "
secure the entry of worshipers to Joseph's tomb in the city of Nablus
".
“
During the operation, the soldiers opened fire in the direction of armed suspects who shot at them
,” the army reported in a statement, adding that Palestinians had been “
hit
”.
Three Palestinians, including Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, a senior commander of the Fatah movement, were killed on August 9 during an Israeli raid in Nablus, in the West Bank, a Palestinian territory occupied since 1967 by the Israeli army.