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Protesters throw stones towards Israeli security forces during
clashes in the West Bank on June 28, 2013.(AFP/File)

Photo: Mo’taz Sharawna -19, Radio Bethlehem 2000


HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Clashes broke out in the Hebron town of Dura after medics pronounced a Palestinian man dead on Tuesday after being shot by Israeli forces, locals told Ma'an.

Witnesses said that seven Palestinians were detained during the clashes, identified as Bahaa Ismail Sharwnah, Anan Atiyeh Nammurah, Nathir Anwar Sharawnah, Muhammad Hussein Amr, Fadi Sami Masalmah, Mahmoud Azmi Hajja, and Muayyad al-Sous.

Bahha had been injured before he was detained.

The Israeli army did not immediately return a request for comment.

Muatazz Sharawnah, 19, died on Tuesday from wounds sustained during clashes with Israeli forces in Dura overnight Monday.

Initial reports indicated that Sharawnah was hit by an Israeli military vehicle during the overnight clashes, with a Palestinian security source saying he was struck "deliberately" by Israeli forces.

The director of Hebron's Alia hospital later said that forensics had confirmed that Sharawnah was shot with an expanding "dum-dum" bullet.

An Israel military spokeswoman confirmed an incident in the town, but said initial reports suggested soldiers had fired at a youth who had climbed onto a military vehicle.

Palestinian sources said an autopsy would be conducted to determine the cause of death, meaning the funeral would take place at 4.30 p.m. in Dura.

Following the incident, shops and business were closed throughout the town as a sign of mourning, an AFP correspondent said.

Sharawna's death raised to nine the number of Palestinians killed in clashes with the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank since the start of the year, six of whom died in the Hebron area, Palestinian officials said.

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by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young Palestinian man was killed on Tuesday at dawn [July 2 2013] after being rammed by an Israeli military jeep during an invasion into Doura town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

The youth has been identified as Mo’taz Idrees Sharawna, 19; he suffered very serious injuries, and died of his wounds at a local hospital.

Local sources said that young man climbed onto a military jeep during the invasion, and that the soldiers drove their jeep faster, throwing him onto the ground before ramming into him.

Clashes have been reported between dozens of local youths and the invading soldiers, at least one youth have been injured.

Media sources in Hebron have reported that Sharawna is a student at a security college in Jericho.