Israeli forces have shot and martyred a Palestinian teenager in the West Bank city of Tulkarm, just a day after the martyring of a Palestinian man in occupied al-Quds.
Faraan: According to Press TV, the Israeli military claimed in a statement that the incident occurred at roughly 1:20 a.m. local time on Monday at the Te’enim Checkpoint near the West Bank city of Tulkarem.
It alleged that the teenage driver, whom Palestinian media outlets identified as Muhammad Nidal Younis, rammed his car into another vehicle that was going through the crossing, hitting a security guard in the process.
Military forces at the checkpoint opened fire and shot the 16-year-old teenager, a resident of the Palestinian city of Nablus. He was brought to Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba city and was later pronounced martyred.
The Israeli Magen David Adom ambulance service said the guard, 34, was in a serious but stable condition with head and chest injuries and was conscious.
He was evacuated to Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv and his condition improved to moderate a few hours later.
The incident comes just over a day after Israeli forces fatally shot a young Palestinian man over an alleged stabbing attack outside the Damascus Gate of the Old City of al-Quds.
Official Palestinian news agency WAFA, citing witnesses, said on Friday morning that Israeli troops had fatally shot a young man and injured another, when they opened gunfire at a passenger car in Umm al-Fahm city, located 20 kilometers (12 miles) northwest of Jenin.
One of the Palestinian men, identified as Fathi Mohammed Fathi Jabrin, attained martyrdom from his wounds. The other was detained to be interrogated by Israeli forces.
The Israeli police alleged in a statement that the two border police officers were injured in a car-ramming attack.
