Picture Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had posted with his tweet showing his forces destroying the monument in Issawiyeh built in memory of a young Palestinian shot dead in cold blood by Israeli forces.

JERUSALEM, Wednesday, July 10, 2019 (WAFA) – Israeli forces destroyed today a monument Palestinian residents of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiyeh had built in memory of a young man shot dead two weeks ago by Israeli forces in what his family and witnesses said was murder in cold blood.

Local sources said Israeli forces raided the neighborhood and destroyed the monument built at the location where Mohammad Samir Obeid, 21, was shot dead on June 27.

Witnesses said at the time that Obeid was shot without a reason.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bragged about the destruction of the monument in a tweet.

"At my request and in coordination with the Mayor of Jerusalem, Moshe Leon, and the security and enforcement authorities, the monument in Issawiyeh in memory of a terrorist was removed. We will not allow it!" he wrote.

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