Israeli settlers kill Palestinian in WB

PressTV – Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:34PM

Israeli settlers in the West Bank
Armed Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have shot two Palestinian men, killing one of them, the mayor of a Palestinian village says.

Dozens of armed Israeli settlers invaded Beit Ummar near Hebron village on Friday and started shooting at houses, hitting two youths working on land nearby, mayor of the village Fawzi Sabarna said.

One of the Palestinians was killed while the other, Fakhri Youssef, 17, who is shot in the head, is on a life support machine, Palestinian medics told Reuters.

In another incident on Thursday, residents of Yitzhar settlement clashed with some 70 Palestinian villagers, who were protesting the construction of illegal settlements on their lands, Ma’an news agency reported.

The Israeli settlers opened fire on the protesters killing 19-year-old Udai Maher Qadous who was hit in the chest, according to Palestinian eyewitnesses.

The Palestinian victim was transferred to Rafidiyeh Hospital in Nablus, where he succumbed to internal bleeding triggered by several gunshots he had suffered to his chest, Palestinian medical officials said.

Israel has been persistently proceeding with the construction of illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds (Jerusalem).

The United Nations has repeatedly condemned Israel for defying international calls to halt its settlement construction activities.

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