RAMALLAH, Wednesday, May 15, 2024 (WAFA) – A Palestinian youth was Wednesday shot dead by Israeli occupation during confrontations that broke out at the northern entrance to the city of Al-Bireh.

Security sources told WAFA that Ayser Mohammad Safi, 20, a student at Birzeit University, a resident in Jalazoun camp, north of the city of Ramallah, was killed after being seriously injured by Israeli live bullets in the neck.

His condition was reported to be critical. He was subsequently transferred to the hospital before doctors pronounced him dead.

The sources added that confrontations broke out between Palestinian youths and the occupation forces, during which the occupation forces fired poison gas and sound bombs, which led to dozens suffering from suffocation.

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