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Israeli gunfire kills Palestinian boy in northern Jerusalem

Xinhua, July 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

Israeli soldiers shot dead on Tuesday evening a 12-year-old Palestinian boy during clashes with dozens of Palestinians at the town of al-Ram in northern Jerusalem, Palestinian health ministry said.

It said that the boy Muhyee al-Tabakhi was critically wounded and died shortly after the soldiers opened fire at dozens of Palestinian stone-throwers.

So far no immediate Israeli army comment has been made on the incident.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) health ministry said in a statement that a 51-year-old Palestinian man from the southern West Bank city of Hebron died of wounds on Monday.

On Monday afternoon, the man Mustafa Barade'ya was critically wounded after Israeli soldiers opened fire at him at al-Aroub Palestinian refugee camp close to the city of Hebron.

Since early October last year, a wave of violence broke out between Israel and the Palestinians in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Official figures said that 217 Palestinians and 40 Israelis have been killed since then. Endit