HEBRON: A Palestinian young man has been shot and killed by Israeli occupation forces in the town of Dura, located south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

The Ministry of Health said that Mahmoud Ibrahim Al-Haroub, 18, was killed due to his injury by Israeli gunfire in Dura.

TAl-Haroub was injured by a bullet fired by the occupation soldiers yesterday evening, which penetrated his right eye and settled in his head.

He was transferred to the hospital in critical condition, where doctors pronounced him dead due to his injury.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces stormed the town, sparking confrontations, during which the occupation soldiers fired live bullets, sound bombs, and toxic gas at the young men, which led to the injury of two young men by bullets, one of whom was Al-Haroub, in addition to dozens of suffocation injuries.

With the killing of Al-Haroub, the number of slain Palestinians in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, since October 7th has risen to 636, including 147 ch
ildren, in addition to about 5400 injuries.

Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA