Occupied Hebron (QNN)- Israeli forces on Tuesday shot dead a young man, claiming that he attempted to stab Israeli soldiers at a military checkpoint near the Ibrahimi mosque in occupied Hebron.
Eyewitnesses said Israeli forces intensively opened fire at the young man, critically wounding him before he was announced dead later on.
Local sources said Israeli forces prevented citizens and medical crews from reaching or evacuating the young man. They also opened fire at journalists and prevented them from covering the incident.
Israeli forces have detained and kidnapped more than 23,000 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and eastern Jerusalem since the start of the Gaza genocide, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, which warns of escalating abuses, mass arrests of women and children, and thousands held under enforced disappearance.
US President Donald Trump has been making key decisions about the assault in Iran in a slapdash manner without input from his advisers, and was eager for a ceasefire to address rising fuel prices, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has submitted a formal denunciation to Sri Lankan authorities against an Israeli-American soldier over his “involvement in war crimes” in the Gaza Strip, including the “unlawful destruction” of civilian infrastructure. It is the first such case filed against an American citizen outside the US.