IOF kill three Palestinians in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Ramallah

PNN/Jerusalem/

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday killed three Palestinian youths in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Ramallah.

In the morning, the IOF shot dead a young Palestinian man in Damascus gate, in Jerusalem’s old city, after he tried to stab two Israeli soldiers.

Two Israeli border police were lightly wounded by the Palestinian man. Furthermore, a Palestinian woman was wounded on her foot by shrapnel from Israeli gunshots fired in an attempt to shot the Palestinian man.

The Israeli media confirmed the identity of the Palestinian man, who had an Israeli ID, as Mohammad Abu Khalaf, 20, from Kufur Akab, north of occupied Jerusalem.

As shown by video footage from AlJazeera, Mohammad was shot by over 50 bullets.

The Damascus Gate has been the site of a number of deadly events since October last year.

In the afternoon, the IOF killed Tarek Khaled Taqatqa, 20, during clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli occupation forces that stormed Beit Fajar town , south of Bethlehem.

Four young Palestinians were also wounded by the Israeli soldiers during the clashes.

A third Palestinian was killed in Silwad town nearby Ramallah after Israeli soldiers fired bullets at his car, accusing him of a car-ramming attempt.

Israeli sources claimed that a soldier was injured as a result of the alleged run-over.

On Thursday, two 14-year-old Palestinians were shot and critically injured by an armed Israeli settler after an operation that left one Israeli killed and one injured in the Rami Levi supermarket located in the Shaare Benyamin industrial complex northwest of Jerusalem.

Local sources identified the Palestinians as Ayham Bassam Ibrahim Subih, and Omar Salim Rimawi, both 14-year-old residents of the town of Beituniya, in Ramallah district.

The number of Palestinians that have been killed by IOF since the start of October 2015 has risen over 180, of which at least 39 are children.

Some 29 Israeli settlers and soldiers have been killed in individual Palestinians as well.