JENIN: A seventh Palestinian young man succumbed to his wounds today a few hours after he had been critically injured in an Israeli airstrike which initially killed six Palestinians, including four siblings, in the northern West Bank province of Jenin, according to medical sources.

Wadia Yaser As’ous, an 18-year-old Palestinian, succumbed to injuries sustained in the Israeli airstrike earlier today, bringing the total number of martyrs to seven after an Israeli drone targeted a group of civilians at the Al-Shuhada Roundabout south of Jenin.

Fawwaz Hammad, the director of the Al-Razi Hospital in Jenin, said As’ous, whose brother, Mohammed, was killed in the Israeli airstrike, had been brought to the hospital in critical condition with shrapnel injuries to the neck, chest, and head. Despite the efforts of the medical staff to resuscitate him, he tragically passed away.

The Ministry of Health announced earlier today the martyrdom of six Palestinians, including the four siblings, Hazzaa, 27, Rami 22, Ahmed, 24
, and Alaa Najeh Darweesh, 29, due to the Israeli shelling.

Eyewitnesses confirmed that the seven victims were peacefully sitting on the sidewalk near the Al-Shuhada Roundabout south of Jenin, with no confrontations in the area. The seven were executed in cold blood after being targeted by an Israeli drone airstrike.

Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA