Israel kills Palestinian near illegal settlement

A Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli forces

A Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli forces at a junction near the illegal Israeli settlement of Gush Etzion in the southern occupied West Bank this afternoon.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that a Palestinian vehicle hit a bus stop at the junction, injuring an Israeli civilian, adding that Israeli forces in the area shot at the driver.

Photographs from the scene show 21-year-old Suhaib Moussa Mashour Mashahra had driven into a bus on 19 April 2017. [Ma'an]

Photographs from the scene show 21-year-old Palestinian Suhaib Moussa Mashour Mashahra had driven into a bus on 19 April 2017. [Ma’an]

However, photographs of the scene published by Israeli media showed that the Palestinian vehicle had seemingly collided with the back of a bus.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed later in the afternoon that 21-year-old Suhaib Moussa Mashour Mashahra succumbed to wounds. He was from the Jerusalem-district village of Al-Sawahira.

Official Palestinian news agency Wafa quoted Palestinian Red Crescent emergency services head Muhammad Awwad as saying that Israeli forces prevented Palestinian medics from reaching Mashahra and treating him.

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Israeli emergency medical service Magen David Adom said in a statement that it treated a 60-year-old Israeli who suffered from a light-to-moderate head injury at a junction on Route 60 at around 16:00.

According to Ma’an documentation, Mashahra is the 19th Palestinian to have been killed by Israelis since the beginning of the year.

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