- Title: Palestinians bury teenager killed by Israeli forces
- Date: 17th June 2021
- Summary: BEITA, WEST BANK (JUNE 17, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MOURNERS CARRYING BODY OF PALESTINIAN TEENAGER AHMED ZAHI BANI SHAMSA, WHO, ACCORDING TO MEDICS, DIED OF WOUNDS HE SUSTAINED BY ISRAELI FORCES DURING CLASHES CHILD WAVING PALESTINIAN FLAG DURING FUNERAL VARIOUS OF SISTER AND MOTHER OF PALESTINIAN TEENAGER AHMED ZAHI BANI SHAMSA, WHO, ACCORDING TO MEDICS, DIED OF WOUNDS HE SUSTAINED BY ISRAELI FORCES DURING CLASHES, MOURN DURING HIS FUNERAL VARIOUS OF FUNERAL PROCESSION, MOURNERS CHANTING
- Embargoed: 1st July 2021 11:57
- Keywords: Israel Palestinians West Bank funeral
- Location: BEITA, WEST BANK
- City: BEITA, WEST BANK
- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001EHSI0QV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
Hundreds of Palestinians attended a funeral on Thursday (June 17) in the West Bank town of Beita, of a teenager who medical sources said had died after being shot by Israeli soldiers during clashes in the town.
Mourners carried the boy's body on their shoulders and waved Palestinian flags and chanting national slogans, including "To Jerusalem we go, martyrs in millions."
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that the 15-year-old boy, Ahmed Bani Shamsa, was shot in the head on Wednesday evening, before his death was announced on Thursday at Rafidia Hospital in Nablus from his injuries.
The Israeli army said dozens of Palestinians tried to approach the Givat Avitar outpost, and that a boy threw a suspicious object at a soldier, who responded by firing in the air.
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