Palestinian shot and killed by Israeli military after alleged attack
Israeli and Palestinian officials disagree on the circumstances behind the death of a 29-year-old Palestinian in a West Bank village Thursday.
A Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli security forces Thursday after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at them.
On Thursday, the Palestinian Authority’s Health Ministry said in a statement that a man was shot in the neck and died near the West Bank village of Kifl Haris in Salfit governorate. He died from “bullets of the occupation,” the ministry said.
The Israeli military said it shot one Palestinian who, along with another person, was throwing Molotov cocktails at an Israeli military post in the West Bank, The Times of Israel reported. But Salfit Gov. Abdallah Kmail said the two were walking when Israeli troops opened fire “for no reason."
The dead man, identified as Ibrahim Abu Yakoub, was buried in the village today.
