Palestinian teenager dies days after being shot near Israeli settlement
Palestinian teenager dies days after being shot near Israeli settlement
At the time of the shooting, Ramzi Fathi Hamed, 17, was in a car close to the Ofra settlement, the mayor of the town of Silwad in the occupied West Bank said.
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The Palestinian teenager was reportedly shot by a settlement guard [AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty-archive (2020)]
A Palestinian teenager died on Monday, days after reportedly being shot by an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank.
Seventeen-year-old Ramzi Fathi Hamed succumbed to his injuries after being shot by the "occupation", the Palestinian health ministry announced, without giving further details. Raed Hamed, the mayor of the town of Silwad in Ramallah and Al-Bireh province, said a settler was responsible.
Ramzi was in a car close to the Ofra settlement when he was hit, the mayor said according to Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency, which also claimed he was shot by a guard.
He suffered a severe pulmonary embolism in hospital, leading to his death, according to medics.
Israeli forces and settlers routinely use deadly violence against Palestinians, with over 200 fatalities so far this year.
Israeli settlements are illegal under international law and are considered a key barrier to a workable two-state solution.
There are more than 700,000 settlers residing in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
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