Zionist troops fatally shoot 20-year-old Palestinian youth in West Bank clashes

According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the 20-year-old Shawkat Khaled Awad was shot by Israeli troops on Thursday and was critically wounded in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil).

Palestinian media reported that the young man was shot in the head and abdomen before being admitted to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries hours later.

The shooting came during clashes between residents and Zionist troops following the funeral of Mohammad Allamy, 12, who was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers on Wednesday in the same town.

Fierce clashes broke out in Beit Ummar following the funeral of Allamy during which Zionist troops opened fire on the stone-throwing Palestinian youths, injuring at least 12 people with live bullets, according to the Red Crescent, including Awad who later died of his wounds.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said Mohammad Mouayyad Allamy was shot in the chest and suffered bleeding in his lungs when Israeli forces opened fire at the car.

It added that the boy was evacuated by medics in critical condition to al-Ahli Hospital, but later died of his injuries.

Mohammad was the second young Palestinian to die of wounds sustained by Israeli fire in days.