UPDATE: Palestinian succumbs to wounds he sustained during clashes in Nablus

NABLUS, A Palestinian resident from Beita town to the south of Nablus succumbed today to critical wounds he sustained yesterday during clashes with Israeli forces, according to the ministry of health.

Israeli forces Wednesday shot and seriously injured 45-year-old Fawwaz Hamayel, a father of three, during a military incursion into the town of Beita.

This brings up the number of Palestinians killed in the last 24 hours in the latest military escalation carried out against Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories to six.

Source: Palestine News & Info Agency