One Palestinian youth was killed and at least seven others injured when Israeli troops invaded the village of Beit Omer near Hebron city in the southern part of the West Bank on Friday afternoon.
Troops invaded the village and kidnapped 16 civilians, during the military operation local youth clashed with the invading troops, soldiers fired live rounds at the youth killing Mohamed Awad, 18 years old.
The Israeli attack on Friday targeting Beit Omer village was after two resistance fighters of Hamas from the village injured three Israeli settlers in Kibbutz Atzion near Hebron. The two Palestinian fighters managed to infiltrate into the Kibbutz and fired at the settlers.
One of them carried a knife while the other carried a gun, according to Israeli military sources. The two Palestinian resistance fighters were killed in the attack.