AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): A 22-year-old Palestinian succumbed to wounds he had sustained after Israeli forces opened heavy fire towards a vehicle that he was riding in, near the al-Nashash checkpoint in the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem, on late Wednesday.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that Ahmad Jamal Mahmoud Munasra, 22, a resident from Wadi Fukin village, in the Bethlehem district, was shot with Israeli live fire in the chest, shoulder, and hand.
The ministry said that Munasra was transferred to the Beit Jala Governmental Hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds.
The ministry mentioned that another Palestinian was shot and injured in the stomach.
The injured Palestinian remained unidentified.
Local sources told Ma'an that Israeli forces opened fire towards a Palestinian vehicle for an unknown reason.
Palestinian factions declared a general strike to mourn Munasra, in the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem.
The strike includes all businesses, public transportation, schools, and universities.
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21 March 2019 - 13:41
News ID: 934031
A 22-year-old Palestinian succumbed to wounds he had sustained after Israeli forces opened heavy fire towards a vehicle that he was riding in, near the al-Nashash checkpoint in the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem, on late Wednesday.
