RAMALLAH — Israeli troopsshot dead an 18-year-old Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Fiday, the Palestinian health ministry said Friday.
In the early hours of Friday, the health ministry said it had been informed of “the martyrdom of the young man Haitham Ezzedine Omar Hmeida, 18, by occupation gunfire in the village of Beitin,” north east of Ramallah.
It added that the man’s body was being withheld.
The report comes a day after Israeli strikes killed at least nine Palestinians in Gaza, a hospital said on Thursday, even as much of the world’s attention was focused on the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
The nine people were killed in at least four separate strikes in Gaza City, according to Shifa Hospital, which received the bodies.The hospital said the victims included two women and two children.
Footage of one of the strikes showed a massive hole in an upper floor of what appeared to be a residential apartment building.
The blast blew holes through interior walls and scattered blood-stained belongings across the room and into the street.
“They say the war has stopped, but the war has not stopped,” said Walid Shbeir, the uncle of one of the men killed in the strikes, as family members sobbed over the bodies of the victims at the hospital.
“Every night there is killing, and we have martyrs. Every night, in the morning, in the evening, and at night, this killing is continuous for us.”
Israeli forces have carried out repeated airstrikes and frequently opened fire on Palestinians near military-held zones, killing more than 936 since the ceasefire took effect, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The ministry is generally seen as reliable by UN agencies and independent experts.
At least 11 international activists attempting to bring attention to Israel’s blockade of Gaza have been detained in Libya for more than a week while trying to reach the territory by land, according to the Global Sumud Flotilla.
According to the Libyan media, the activists were detained in connection with illegal entry and lack of permits.
The Global Sumud organizers said that all participants had valid visas.
Source: Saudi Gazette