Two Palestinians succumb to wounds from Israeli gunfire in West Bank

A Palestinian teenager has succumbed to the injuries he had suffered during a raid by Israeli military forces on a refugee camp in the northeastern part of the West Bank, amid escalating tensions across the Occupied Territories.

According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, 17-year-old Mahmoud Majed Mohammad al-Ayedi attained martyrdom on Tuesday after being taken shot in the head by Israeli troops during a raid on al-Far'a refugee camp, located four kilometers (2.4 miles) southwest of Tubas city earlier in the day, Palestine’s official Wafa news agency reported.  

The Ministry further noted that the occupying regime forces stormed the camp and surrounded a house, triggering violent confrontations with the residents.

Ayedi was critically wounded during the clashes and was rushed to hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, it added.

Separately on Tuesday, the Ministry said a Palestinian youth succumbed to his wounds he had suffered after an Israeli soldier opened fire at him from point-blank range in Masafer Yatta area, south of the occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil almost two years ago.

It went on to say that the gunshot wound of 26-year-old Haroun Abu Aram “led to quadriplegia (paralysis from the neck down), and the blockage of his leg arteries, which led to his leg being amputated, and severe ulcers in his leg and pelvis, as well as infections in his lungs.”

Abu Aram was shot in the neck by an Israeli soldier on January 1, 2021, as he was trying to wrangle away an electricity generator belonging to his family that the occupying regime forces were trying to confiscate. 

The incident was filmed and shared widely online, causing an international outcry. He had been suffering from serious health complications over the past two years since being shot.

His family home had also been demolished by Israeli military forces a month before the shooting.

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