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by IMEMC News
Oct 9, 2023

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers killed seven Palestinians and injured dozens in several parts of the occupied West Bank; one Palestinian from Hebron was killed in Gaza.

Medical sources at the Al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron, in the West Bank’s southern part, said the soldiers killed Mohammad Jawad Zghayyar, 21, after shooting him with a live round at the western entrance of Hebron city.

They added that the medics rushed the young man to the hospital, but he succumbed to gunshot wounds in the chest.

In the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, the soldiers shot a young man with special needs, Eyad Al-Wawi, 20, causing serious wounds before he was rushed to hospital in nearby Yatta town.

In related news, the family of Mohammad Ghaleb Ata Hawarin, 25, was informed that Israeli soldiers killed him near the perimeter fence of the Gaza Strip.

A Palestinian who works at the Soroka Israeli Medical Center said he saw his corpse and managed to identify it before informing them.

Mohammad was from the Ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part.

In Jericho, in the northeastern West Bank, the soldiers killed Abdul-Halim Ibrahim Abu Sneina, 24, during protests at the city’s northern entrance. The slain young man was shot in the chest and the abdomen.

Furthermore, the soldiers killed Mohammad Ziad Abdul-Jalil Hmeid, 24, from Beit Anan town northwest of occupied Jerusalem, Amjad Maher Elian Khdeir, 36, from Gaza City but lived in Ramallah, and Tha’er Sami Kasba, 17, from the Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem.

The three were killed, and nine Palestinians were injured during protests near the Qalandia terminal.

In Beita town, south of Nablus, the soldiers killed Emad Jareh Adel Yassin, 19, after shooting him in the neck during protests at the town’s main entrance.

Medics rushed him to a medical center in Nablus, but he succumbed to his serious wounds despite efforts to save his life.

Emad and many other Palestinians gathered at the town’s main entrance after the locals saw illegal Israeli colonizers preparing to invade their town.

The soldiers also abducted three Palestinians, Mohammad Hmeidat, Luay Hmeidat, and Rezeq Hmeidat, and confiscated a tractor while working on their lands near Jericho.

In Bethlehem, the soldiers shot a 17-year-old boy with a live round in the thigh in Tuqu town, southeast of Bethlehem, before Palestinian medics rushed him to a medical center.

He was shot by soldiers who opened fire at many Palestinians protesting a roadblock installed by illegal paramilitary colonizers on the street leading to their lands.

In Beit Jala, west of Bethlehem, the soldiers shot a young man near the Tunnel military roadblock, allegedly after he attempted to stab them.

In occupied Jerusalem, the army abducted Mohammad Sharifa near the Al-Aqsa Mosque after assaulting him and several other young men.

The soldiers also abducted ten young men in Beit Iksa town, northwest of Jerusalem. Seven of them have been identified as Ismael Anwar, Abdullah Zayed, Ala’ Fawzi, Hasan Khalaf, Anas Khatib, Mohammad Jamal, and Mohammad Farid.

On Sunday dawn, the soldiers killed Ahmad Atef Awawda, 19, from Doura town, southwest of Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, after shooting him near Deir Sharaf town, west of Nablus.

In the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Health Ministry denounced the Israeli bombings of the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, leading to the death of one worker and the injuries of many Palestinians.

The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli missiles and shells in the Gaza Strip has arrived at 413, in addition to 2200 injuries. Among the slain Palestinians are 78 children and 41 women.

The figures are only for the confirmed deaths of Palestinians killed by Israeli missiles and shells inside the Gaza Strip.

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