WEST BANK (Dispatches) – A Palestinian died from his wounds on Sunday, five days after being shot by Zionist troops during a home demolition in the city of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.
In a statement, the ministry confirmed “the death of the young man, Hamad Mustafa Hussein Abu Jelda, 24, after being shot by the Israeli occupation forces in Jenin camp a few days ago”.
Dozens of the city’s residents headed to the Jenin Governmental Hospital, where Abu Jelda died, while a day of mourning was declared in the camp and a strike announced across the Jenin governorate.
“A massive march was launched in front of the hospital in Jenin, roaming the streets of the city and its camp, and mourners raised the body of the martyr on their shoulders and chanted slogans condemning the crimes of the occupation and its continuous aggression against Palestinian people,” Palestine’s official Wafa news agency said.
The young Palestinian man was married and his wife is pregnant with their first child. Abu Jeldah had spent two and a half years in the occupying regime’s jails before he was released earlier this year.
Zionist troops shot Abu Jelda last Tuesday during a raid on the Jenin camp to demolish the home of Raad Hazem, a Palestinian resistance fighter.
Hazem was shot and killed after a nine-hour manhunt. His father Fathi and brother Hamam are now both wanted by the occupying regime.
Zionist troops killed another Palestinian and wounded 15 others during the raid to destroy Hazem’s house.
The supreme court on 30 May rejected a petition by Hazem’s family to prevent the demolition, a policy that the regime carries out against the homes of suspected attackers. Rights activists have repeatedly condemned the practice as collective punishment.
The occupying regime has carried out near daily raids on West Bank towns and cities, killing dozens of Palestinians.
Separately, Zionist border guards arrested a Palestinian woman for allegedly approaching them with a knife near the Givat Ze’ev settlement in the West Bank.