Israeli sources have confirmed that an Israeli colonizer, 63, has died from serious wounds he suffered on October 25, reportedly after a Palestinian stabbed him in the Al-Funduq village east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
The sources said the man was pronounced dead Tuesday morning after a sharp deterioration in his condition.
The Israeli man has been identified as Shalom Sofer, 63, from Petah Tikvah, east of Tel Aviv.
Israeli Channel 7 quoted Shalom’s son stating that his father was recovering but suffered a serious health setback.
The son added that his father was discharged from the hospital last week and seemed to be recovering, but “suddenly, one of his wounds opened.”
The Israeli army said the soldiers arrested a Palestinian, believed to be the one who stabbed Shalom, hours after the attack took place.
Earlier the same day Shalom was stabbed, Israeli soldiers killed five Palestinians and injured twenty-one, including four who suffered life-threatening wounds, during an invasion of the center of Nablus city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
The slain Palestinians have been identified as Zahi Ahmad Baghdadi, 27, Hamdi Sbeih Ramzi Qayyim, 30, Ali Khaled Omar Antar, 26, Hamdi Mohammad Sabri Sharaf, 35, and Wadea’ Sbeih Hweih, 31.
At dawn same day, Israeli soldiers killed Qussai Mahmoud Tamimi, 19, in Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah in the central West Bank.
