- Title: Family bids farewell to Palestinian killed by Israeli forces
- Date: 7th December 2022
- Summary: RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (DECEMBER 7, 2022)(REUTERS) PEOPLE CHANTING AND CARRYING BODY OF PALESTINIAN KILLED BY ISRAELI FORCES TO HOSPITAL VARIOUS OF RELATIVES BIDDING FAREWELL TO BODY/ BODY IN X-RAY MACHINE PEOPLE CHANTING AND EXITING HOSPITAL/ BODY OF PALESTINIAN KILLED ON STRETCHER PEOPLE CHANTING/ BODY ON STRETCHER PEOPLE CHANTING AND CARRYING BODY ON STRETCHER
- Embargoed: 21st December 2022 18:34
- Keywords: Israel Palestinians bid farewell killed west bank
- Location: RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
- City: RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
- Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001517507122022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
Palestinians, including family members, bid farewell to a man who was killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday (December 7), the military said had fired on one of its posts.
The military said in a statement that soldiers conducting routine activity in the area responded with live fire and launched a pursuit when a driver shot at one of its posts near the settlement of Ofra.
During the pursuit, a suspect got out of the car and fired at the soldiers, who then shot and killed him, the military said. The Palestinian health ministry confirmed the death of the man but gave no details on the incident.
Reuters could not independently verify the military's account.
The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an offshoot of the Fatah movement led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, claimed the man as a member.
The Palestinian Prisoners Club said the 32-year-old man, who had previously been imprisoned by Israel, was from the town of Silwad, where Israel confiscated land from Palestinians to build the settlement of Ofra.
According to the Palestinian health ministry, more than 210 Palestinians have been killed this year, including those who died during a brief conflict in Gaza in August, most after the military launched a crackdown in the West Bank following a spate of attacks in Israel. They include militants and civilians.
In the same period, Israeli authorities say 23 civilians and eight security personnel have been killed in Palestinian attacks in Israel and the West Bank.
Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem - areas that Palestinians want for a state - in a 1967 Middle East war. U.S.-sponsored negotiations stalled in 2014 but the expansion of Jewish settlements on occupied land has continued despite international opposition.
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