RAMALLAH (Dispatches) – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye has condemned Zionist troops for killing a 13-year-old Palestinian boy near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
“Killing the child Mohammed Da’das, 13 years old, is an awful crime; therefore, the international community and human rights organizations must condemn the Israeli crimes and act on stopping these actions against the Palestinian people.”
On Friday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said the boy was shot dead in the village of Deir al-Hatab east of Nablus. There has been no immediate response from the Zionist regime’s army to the incident.
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that the teen was shot during clashes that erupted between Zionist troops and Palestinians.
Also in Nablus, clashes erupted between the occupying regime’s troops and Palestinian protesters in the flashpoint town of Beita and the village of Beit Dajan on Friday.
According to the Palestine Red Crescent ambulance service, five Palestinians were hit by rubber bullets, while 55 others suffered breathing difficulties due to inhaling tear gas during clashes on Sobeih Mountain in Beita, southeast of Nablus City.
The Zionist troops also detained two activists who were present in the area to express their solidarity with the protesters.
Since May, Beita has seen intensified clashes between the regime’s troops and Palestinians protesting against a settlement outpost that has been established on Sobeih Mountain by settlers under the protection of Zionist troops.
Meanwhile, six Palestinians suffered breathing difficulties due to inhaling tear gas during Friday clashes in Beit Dajan.
Also on Friday, Zionist troops attacked a protest rally staged in support of the Palestinians held in the regime’s jails who have gone on hunger strike in the West Bank city of al-Khalil.
Local sources told WAFA that the Zionist troops used rubber-coated bullets, tear gas, and sound bombs against the protesters at the northern entrance to al-Khalil.
At least seven Palestinian inmates have remained on an open-ended hunger strike to protest the regime’s so-called administrative detention, which allows prisoners to be held without charge or trial.