BETHLEHEM,
October 14, 2015 (WAFA) – A
general strike was called for in the Bethlehem district on Thursday to protest against
Israeli rising extrajudicial killings and mourn 27-year-old young man killed by
Israeli forces during clashes.
Shops, schools,
universities and institutions across Beit Jala, Beit Sahour and Bethlehem
cities and Bethlehem towns and villages closed down to mourn Mu‘taz Zawahreh who was shot dead on Tuesday evening during clashes
at the northern entrance of the city.
Zawahreh,
a Palestinian from the Bethlehem refugee camp of Ad-Duheisha, was injured as he
was hit with a live bullet in the chest. He was admitted into Beit Jala
hospital in a critical condition. Zawahreh was rushed to the operation room,
but quickly succumbed to his wounds.
The funeral
procession left from Ad-Duheisha refugee camp Wednesday noon all the way to a
cemetery near the refugee camp.
K.F/M.H
