Palestinian youth, 20, succumbs to wounds sustained by Israeli army gunfire in Jericho

JERICHO, A Palestinian youth today succumbs to the wounds he sustained after being shot by Israeli forces in the refugee camp of Aqabat Jabr in the eastern occupied West Bank district of Jericho, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Ministry said that Ahmad Ibrahim Oueidat, 20, was shot with a live bullet in the head earlier today during an Israeli special force military raid into the camp, to the south of Jericho, which resulted in injuring three other youths, one of whom is reported to be critically injured.

The Fatah movement in Jericho declared a general strike, except for the health sector, in the district.

Source: Palestine News & Info Agency