Palestinian Wounded in April Clashes With Zionists Martyred

Date: 14 May 2022 - 22:04

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Palestinian man was martyred on Saturday after he sustained wounds last month during clashes with Zionist police at Al-Quds’ flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
Walid al-Sharif, 23, was taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital with a “head injury” on April 22 and he was “pronounced dead this morning”, a hospital in the occupied territories said in a statement.
His family confirmed his death in an audio message shared with journalists.
Al-Aqsa mosque compound in East Al-Quds is Islam’s third-holiest site. Palestinians have been angered by an uptick in Zionists’ visits to the compound, where by longstanding convention Jews may go but are not allowed to pray.
Palestinian news agency Wafa, quoting a family member, said Sharif had been shot in the head with “a rubber-coated metal bullet fired by Israeli occupation forces”.
In another development, fifteen European countries have urged the Zionist regime to stop plans for more illegal settlements in the West Bank, according to an official statement.
“We are deeply concerned by the decision of the Israeli Higher Planning Council to advance plans for the construction of nearly 4,500 housing units in the West Bank,” said spokespersons for the foreign ministries of France, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain and Sweden.
“We urge the Israeli authorities to reverse this decision,” the statement added.
The statement said the Zionist settlements are in “clear violation of international law and stand in the way of a just, lasting and comprehensive peace between Israelis and Palestinians.”
“This decision, as well as demolitions and evictions affecting the Palestinian populations in East-Jerusalem (Al-Quds) and Area C, directly threaten the viability of a future Palestinian state,” it added.
The EU nations also urged the occupying regime “not to proceed with any planned demolitions or evictions, especially in Masafer Yatta.”
Peace Now, an Israeli anti-settlement organization, said on Thursday that the high planning committee of the so-called Israeli Civil Administration had given the final approval to a total of 4,427 units, including 2,791 housing units and initial endorsement for another 1,636 units.
“This is bad news for Israel and deepens the occupation, making it harder to achieve [the so-called] future peace,” Hagit Ofran of Peace Now said.
Meanwhile, dozens of Zionist settlers took over a Palestinian building in the southern West Bank city of Al-Khalil, situated 30 kilometers south of Al-Quds, on Friday, while flanked by Zionist troops.
Issa Amro, director of the Youth Against Settlements activist group, tweeted a video of the scene which showed extremist settlers carrying their belongings, including mattresses and suitcases, as they stormed the three-storey building.
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that the building belonged to local Palestinian resident Walid al-Ja’abri, and it was undergoing renovations at the time that the settlers stormed in.