WEST BANK (Dispatches) – A Palestinian man has been shot dead by Zionist troops in the city of Tubas in the northern Jordan Valley, part of the occupied West Bank.
Saddam Hussein Abdel-Wali Bani Odeh was shot after Zionist troops had arrived in the city to arrest a suspect overnight Monday.
The Islamic Jihad resistance movement told MEE that Bani Odeh was one of its fighters who had previously fought against Zionist troops.
Bani Odeh’s cousin Nasser told Middle East Eye that he had been informed that Bani Odeh was injured at around 6am and that he was immediately transferred to the Turkish Tubas Hospital.
According to a Palestinian Ministry of Health report, Saddam was killed by a bullet, fired at him by the Zionist troops, which penetrated his left shoulder and heart and settled in his left lung
Palestinians held a mass funeral procession in the occupied West Bank for Bani Odeh on Tuesday. Mourners chanted for Palestine during the funeral procession, Quds News Network reported.
Zionist troops launched a campaign of raids in Tubas at dawn, triggering the confrontations with the city’s residents.
At least two Palestinian men were arrested from their homes during the raid, while eight others were detained from other areas across the occupied West Bank.
The West Bank has in recent months seen an increase in violence. Last week, a 13-year-old Palestinian boy was killed by Zionist troops during clashes in the village of Deir al-Hatab, east of Nablus City.
Zionist troops have on numerous occasions been caught on camera brutally killing Palestinians, with the videos going viral online and sparking international condemnation.
The Tel Aviv regime has been criticized for its extensive use of lethal force against and extrajudicial killing of Palestinians who do not pose an immediate threat to occupation troops or the Zionist settlers.
Also on Tuesday morning, over 70 Palestinian schoolgirls suffered from exposure to tear gas fired by Zionist troops in the northern West Bank village of al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, located near Nablus.
Local sources said that the occupation forces attacked the students who were heading to school.
A Zionist trooper hit one of the students with his gun, causing pain and bruises in her arm. She was taken to hospital, according to Ma’an news agency.