Medical sources in Tulkarem, in the northwestern West Bank, have confirmed the death of a young man after being struck by a fragment of a missile fired by the Israeli “Iron Dom” missile interception system.
The sources said the Palestinian, Ali Mohammad Elian, 34, was killed in front of his home in Baqa ash-Sharqiya town, northwest of Tulkarem, and six Palestinians were injured.
Ali and six wounded Palestinians, including two who suffered life-threatening wounds, were rushed to a Hospital in Tulkarem.
The fragments also caused damage to homes and property in the area.
On Tuesday afternoon, an Israeli soldier killed Ahmad Ashraf Khalaf Awad, 20, during the funeral procession of another Palestinian the soldiers killed in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part.
The Palestinian was killed after the army attacked the funeral procession of Montaser Abdul-Hamid Za’aqeeq, 31, whom Israeli soldiers shot in the head during the funeral procession of Mahmoud Bassem Ekhmayyes, 18 years old, who died from wounds after being shot by the soldiers.
