Palestinian youth dies of injuries sustained in last month’s Israeli attacks of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa
Occupied Jerusalem (QNN)- 21-year-old Palestinian Walid Al-Sharif died on Saturday of injuries that he sustained in an Israeli attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem during last month of Ramadan.
On April 22 Al-Sharif was shot in the head by a rubber-coated metal bullet fired by Israeli occupation forces who attacked thousnads of Palestinian worshipers at Al-Aqsa mosque, including Al-Sharif, while marking the third Friday of the holy month of Ramadan.
That day, the Israeli forces injured at least 57 people, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Al-Sharif was arrested by the Israeli forces before he was rushed to a hospital to get medical treatment as his condition was described critical.
Local sources reported that Al-Sharif, a resident of Beit Hanina neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem, has died in the hospital after he was in a coma since he was injured, causing him a head laceration and severe bleeding in the brain.
The moment when a Palestinian young man was wounded and arrested by Israeli occupation soldiers early today morning inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.#AlAqsaUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/qvHTT5ozC2
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) April 22, 2022
Israeli occupation forces broke into al-Aqsa several times during the Muslim month of Ramadan, firing tear gas, sound bombs and rubber bullets at worshipers and demonstrators.
More than 50 Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli forces since the start of 2022 in occupied Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank.
