Palestinian teen shot dead by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank
A Palestinian teenager was killed on Friday by the Israeli security forces on the sidelines of a protest in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. Ali Ayman Nasr Abu Aliya, 13, "succumbed to his wounds after he was shot with live rounds in the stomach" during clashes north of Ramallah, the ministry said in a statement.
- Middle East
- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 12:39 | 05 December 2020
- Modified Date: 01:19 | 05 December 2020
A Palestinian teen died Friday after being shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.
Ali Ebu Aliyye, 13, died of injuries sustained when he was shot by Israeli troops in a village near Ramallah, according to a statement by Palestine's Health Ministry.
Israeli forces injured five Palestinians, including Aliyye, who were taking part in weekly anti-settlement demonstrations in the occupied West Bank city.
The Israeli army used live and rubber bullets to break up the marches, with protesters pelting stones at soldiers.
Palestinians across the occupied West Bank stage demonstrations every Friday to protest Israel's decades-long policy of building Jewish-only settlements on confiscated Palestinian land.
International law regards the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as "occupied territory" and considers all Jewish settlement-building activity there illegal.