Israeli settler guns down Palestinian youth in Occupied Territories

An Israeli settler has fatally shot a young Palestinian execution-style in the northern part of the Occupied Territories, only hours after the regime's forces shot and martyred two Palestinian youths in the occupied West Bank.

According to Press TV, local sources said late on Saturday that the incident took place near the village of Sandala, south of the city of Nazareth.

The official Palestinian Wafa news agency identified the Palestinian youth as 20-year-old Diyar Omari from the village of Sandala, which is located in the northern part of the Occupied Territories.

An online footage of the killing showed an Israeli settler engaging in a fight with Omari. As the Palestinian youth returned to his car, the Israeli settler pulled out his pistol and fired live shots directly at the young man while he was inside his own car, martyring him on the spot.

According to the Arab48 website, the incident took place near the entrance to an Israeli settlement.

The Palestinian Information Center reported that following the assassination, dozens of Palestinians staged a protest rally, chanting slogans in condemnation of the execution of the Palestinian youth.

The Gaza Strip-based Hamas resistance movement issued a statement following Omari's martyrdom, asserting, "Our heroic people will not let the crimes of the occupation and its settlers go unpunished."

Hamas said Israel's crimes only make Palestinian people "intensify their resistance...and avenge the blood of martyr Omari, adding, "The blood of our people is not cheap, and the enemy will pay the price."

The Islamic Jihad movement, for its part, said, “This heinous crime is an extension of the enemy's policy against our people … for which the occupation entity bears full responsibility.”

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