A Palestinian youth was fatally shot today by Israeli soldiers’ fire in the Turmus’ayya town to the northeast of Ramallah. The minister of health said in a statement that the youth arrived dead at the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah with a gunshot wound to the chest. The youth was identified as 25-year-old Omar Jabara. Earlier today, hundreds of Israeli settlers, many of them armed, attacked the peaceful Palestinian town of Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah, setting homes and vehicles of Palestinians on fire. Around 400 hundred settlers, protected by Israeli soldiers, used brutal force against the unarmed town’s residents, attacking people, their homes and vehicles while soldiers provided protection to the settlers and joined in the attack on the town by firing tear gas canisters at the homes causing dozens of suffocation cases. It is estimated that over 60 vehicles and 30 homes were set ablaze as the armed settlers went on a pogrom from one street to another, taking their time in setting fire to the cars and homes. At least 12 people were shot and injured with live ammunition during the attack.
Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA