Twenty-year-old is fifth Palestinian martyred by Israeli troops

• Israeli forces shot a Palestinian fighter in the West Bank.
• He succumbed to critical wounds after being shot in the head by the occupation this morning.
• He was initially transferred to Nablus’s Rafidia hospital.

Nablus: on Wednesday, when the army reported coming under fire during an operation, Israeli troops shot a Palestinian fighter in the West Bank who subsequently succumbed to his injuries, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, the armed branch of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas’ Fatah faction, identified the deceased as a member.

“Ahmed Amer Salim Abu Junaid, 21, succumbed to critical wounds after being shot in the head by the occupation this morning in Balata refugee camp in Nablus,” the health ministry said in a statement.

Clashes erupted early on Wednesday when troops entered the camp, the army said.

“Several individuals fired at (Israeli) soldiers, who retaliated with live fire,” according to the statement, implying that one person was hit.

He was initially transferred to Nablus’s Rafidia hospital before succumbing to his wounds several hours later.

In a statement, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade stated it “mourns its martyr” after Abu Junaid was murdered in a “confrontation with the Zionist enemy army.”

The official Palestinian news agency reported that undercover Israeli forces had “infiltrated the camp and surrounded a house”. It added that Israeli troops fired “live bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas”.

During another raid in Nablus last week, Israeli forces killed 16-year-old Amer Abu Zeitoun. Both the militants and the Israeli military claimed that armed battles had broken out.

More than 150 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank last year, making it the deadliest year there since records at the international organization began in 2005.

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