Palestinian killed by Israeli army gunfire south of Qalqilya

QALQILYA: A Palestinian Saturday evening was killed by Israeli army gunfire to the south of the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya, according to the Health Ministry.

It announced that a young man was gunned down by Israeli occupation forces near the village of Azzun Atma, south of the city.

Local sources elaborated that the young man, in his 20s, identified as a villager from Azzun Atma, sustained a gunshot injury after being shot by the occupation forces purportedly for being in the vicinity of the section of Israel’s Apartheid and Segregation Wall near the village.

The man was rushed to Qalqilya Hospital in a critical condition before succumbing to his injury.

Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA