HEBRON, Tuesday, October 10, 2023 (WAFA) – A Palestinian man identified as Ahmad Ashraf Awad, 20, was killed today in the town of Beit Ummar, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, when Israeli occupation forces opened fire at participants in the funeral of another town resident killed yesterday by soldiers.

The Ministry of Health said Awad was shot in the head and was in critical condition before he was pronounced dead.

The soldiers attempted to prevent the funeral from reaching the town’s cemetery, located at the entrance to the town, leading to confrontations.

The soldiers opened live fire and shot rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters at the participants in the funeral injuring two people, one critical who died shortly after, and dozens suffered from suffocation.

M.K.