RAMALLAH, Friday, July 21, 2023 (WAFA) –  A Palestinian teenager who was shot and critically injured today by Israeli occupation forces during conformations in the village of Umm Safa, north of Ramallah, has succumbed to his wounds, said the Ministry of Health.

Confrontations broke out following an Israeli military incursion into Umm Safa during which the forces attacked residents with live ammunition, tear gas canisters, and stun grenades, shooting and seriously injuring two people.

The ministry said two people were brought to the hospital with critical gunshot wounds to the head and abdomen.

One of the injured succumbed to his critical head wounds shortly after reaching the hospital. He was identified as 17-year-old Mohammad Fouad Atta Bayyed from Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah.

Dozens of others suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.

For the past few weeks, the village has been witnessing escalated Israeli forces and settlers’ attacks against it, including the burning of homes and vehicles and the usage of live fire against residents and their homes.

On July 7, Abdel Jawad Hamdan Saleh, 24, was shot and killed after being shot by Israeli forces’ live fire in the village of Umm Safa,

T.R.