RAMALLAH, Aug 5 (NNN-WAFA) – Two more Palestinians were killed yesterday, during clashes with Israeli settlers and soldiers, in two separate incidents in the West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.
Qusai Ma’tan, 19, died after he was shot by Israeli settlers, during clashes in the village of Burqa, north-west of Nablus, while two other Palestinians were moderately injured, the ministry said.
Palestinian eyewitnesses said, clashes broke out in Burqa between dozens of Palestinians and Israeli settlers, who stormed the village.
During clashes in the Noor Shams refugee camp, near Tulkarem, in the northern West Bank, Mahmoud Abu Sa’an, 18, died, after he was shot by Israeli soldiers in the head, according to the ministry.
Clashes broke out in the refugee camp, after an Israeli armed forces team stormed the area, to arrest Palestinians wanted by Israeli security forces, said Palestinian eyewitnesses.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army said, its soldiers shot at Palestinians who threw stones and explosives at them.
Speaker of the Palestinian National Council, Rawhi Fattouh, said in a press statement that, he condemned what he termed “the execution of Abu Sa’an by the occupation soldiers,” holding the Israeli government accountable for “the escalation against Palestinian people.”
Since Jan, 26 people, most of them Israelis, have been killed in a series of attacks carried out by Palestinians, and more than 200 Palestinians, including children and women, were killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers, according to official figures.
