Israeli forces shoot dead young Palestinian man in southern West Bank
Israeli military forces have shot dead a young Palestinian man near the Gush Etzion settlement in the southern part of the West Bank for an alleged stabbing attempt against troops, less than a week after an Israeli military commander fatally shot a Palestinian man in the occupied territories.
Israeli media outlets claimed that the Palestinian man, whose identity was not immediately available and was wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt, was shot at a junction outside the settlement on Sunday morning.
The Israeli military asserted that the Palestinian approached a bus stop that a soldier was guarding, attempting to stab him with a makeshift spear. The soldier, who was armed with a rifle, then turned and shot the man.
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance movement, Hamas, condemned the murder, stating that the development attests to the gangster mentality and behavior of the Israeli military.
“The assassination of the young man in cold blood is an extension of settlers' escalating attacks against our people in the West Bank,” Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said in a statement.
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