A Palestinian man was mortally wounded on Wednesday during a violent protest
- 9 years ago
A Palestinian man was mortally wounded on Wednesday during a violent protest of about 350 people by a checkpoint near Ramallah.
The IDF has opened an investigation into whether the wounds the man suffered were caused by gunfire or a stone thrown by protestors.
The man, identified as Ahmad Ahmad, a student at Birzeit University, was evacuated to the Hadasa Hospital at Ein Kerem and is being treated there.
The protesters threw Molotov cocktails and lit tire fires.
In response, IDF soldiers fired live ammunition and rubber bullets towards the main inciters, and used riot dispersal means.
One of the protestors was arrested.
Also Wednesday, Israel, for the first time during this period of tension, issued a message to the Palestinian population in the West Bank, in an attempt to calm the atmosphere.
The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Major-General Yoav Mordechai, gave an interview to the Palestinian media, saying Israel does not want the situation in the West Bank to escalate.
The IDF has opened an investigation into whether the wounds the man suffered were caused by gunfire or a stone thrown by protestors.
The man, identified as Ahmad Ahmad, a student at Birzeit University, was evacuated to the Hadasa Hospital at Ein Kerem and is being treated there.
The protesters threw Molotov cocktails and lit tire fires.
In response, IDF soldiers fired live ammunition and rubber bullets towards the main inciters, and used riot dispersal means.
One of the protestors was arrested.
Also Wednesday, Israel, for the first time during this period of tension, issued a message to the Palestinian population in the West Bank, in an attempt to calm the atmosphere.
The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Major-General Yoav Mordechai, gave an interview to the Palestinian media, saying Israel does not want the situation in the West Bank to escalate.