Palestinian youth wounded by Israeli forces dies of injuries
JENIN, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian youth who was shot earlier this month by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank died on Friday, Palestinian media reported.
The Palestinian news agency WAFA said 20-year-old Ibrahim Lebedi was seriously wounded when Israeli forces raided the town of Al-Yamun near the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank on April 18.
He was taken to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries.
Tensions have been high in the Palestinian territories since Israeli forces entered Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyard and attacked worshippers last week.
The situation has been exacerbated by settlers’ daily incursions into the flashpoint site to commemorate the week-long Jewish Passover holiday.
Al-Aqsa Mosque is the world’s third-holiest site for Muslims. Jews call the area the Temple Mount, claiming it was the site of two Jewish temples in ancient times.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem, where Al-Aqsa is located, during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. It annexed the entire city in 1980 in a move never recognized by the international community.
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