On Thursday evening, Israeli police officers killed a young Palestinian man in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank, after he allegedly opened fire at a police station.
The slain Palestinian has been identified as Khaled Al-Mohtaseb, 21, from Beit Hanina, north of occupied Jerusalem.
The Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said Khaled was one of its members and was secretary of its students’ branch at Bethlehem University, where he was studying.
In a statement, the Israeli police said the officers killed a Palestinian who used a homemade Carlo weapon to open fire at the police station.
It added that Khaled Injured two officers; one who suffered serious wounds, and the second was moderately injured.
In Qalqilia, in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers killed Mohtada Majed Salim, 17, and Samer Sa’id Radwan, 22.
The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli army fire in 24 hours in the West Bank has arrived to six after the army killed Ibrahim Wadi, 63, and his son Ahmad, 24, during the funeral ceremony of slain Palestinians killed by colonizers’ fire, near the Sawiya village, east of Salfit in the central West Bank.
The four Palestinians were killed Wednesday and have been identified as Mos’ab Abul-Halim Abu Reeda, Moath Raed Odah, Obeida Saed Abu Srour, and Hasan Mohannad Abu Srour.
