Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday that one Palestinian
resident from Kafr Al Deek village, near the West Bank city of Salfit,
died of wounds suffered on Thursday morning after the Israeli army
opened fire at him.
The resident, Waheeb Al Deek, 27, was seriously injured and moved to a local hospital in Salfit where he died of his wounds. He was hit by five rounds of live ammunition in his chest, medical sources reported.
Al Deek was shot by the army after the Israeli forces invaded the village and conducted military searches of homes.
Soldiers blocked the entrances and exits of the village and barred the residents from entering or leaving it.
Local sources reported that Al Deek is a construction worker; he was working with his father who is a construction contractor, when the soldiers fired at them.
Earlier on Thursday, soldiers killed Ala' Mackawi, 21, near the Karni Crossing, east of Gaza City. Mackawi is thew first Palestinian to be killed since the recent cease-fire with Israel.
