Palestinian Dies of Wounds Sustained in Clash with Zionist Entity
A Palestinian man shot and wounded by Zionist entity south of the occupied West Bank has succumbed to his injuries.
Local media said Tuesday that Mustafa Baradiya died in the hospital during the late hours of Monday after he was shot by Israeli forces near al-Arroub refugee camp, north of the city of al-Khalil (Hebron).
The 51-year-old was a mathematics teacher working in the city of Bethlehem. He was originally from a village north of al-Khalil, a city at the heart of a recent wave of violence in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Baradiya was hospitalized in Shaare Zedek health center in Jerusalem al-Quds on Monday. He was in a critical condition, officials said, adding that he succumbed to injuries 10 minutes after he was transferred to the intensive care unit.
Israel claims two Israeli soldiers were slightly injured when Baradiya carried out an attack with a screwdriver at a military checkpoint on Route 60 near al-Khalil. Israeli authorities also claim the forces responded to the attack by shooting and injuring Baradiya in the abdomen.
Baradiya’s brother Ibrahim was also killed in April with Israelis claiming that he had carried out an attack on an Israeli soldier slightly wounding him.
More than 220 Palestinians have lost their lives at the hands of Israeli forces since the beginning in October 2015 of a fresh wave of Israeli attacks on the Palestinians in the West Bank. The violence erupted after Palestinians accused Israelis of trying to change the status quo of al-Aqsa Mosque, a highly-revered place for the Muslims located in East al-Quds.
More than a dozen Israeli soldiers and settlers have also been killed in the course of the clashes.
Zionist forces demolish Palestinian house in West Bank
On the other hand, Zionist troops have razed the house of a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank despite international condemnation of the regime’s demolition campaign.
Witnesses and local residents said that Israeli soldiers and bulldozers rolled into in Qabatiyah town, south of Jenin, in the northern West Bank and leveled the house of Bilal Abu Zeid to the ground during the pre-dawn hours of Monday.
Kamal Abu al-Rub, the deputy governor of the city of Jenin said at least five young men were wounded by live ammunition during clashes with Israeli forces, with one in serious condition.
Tel Aviv accuses the owner of the house of being involved in a deadly attack on an Israeli paramilitary police officer back in February.
The Tel Aviv regime routinely demolishes the houses of Palestinians it accuses of assaults against Israelis.
Tel Aviv has stepped up its demolitions of Palestinian homes over the past months.
In a report in April, the UN said the Israeli military has tripled its demolitions of Palestinian-owned structures in the occupied territories since January. There has been a monthly average of 165 demolitions since January.
The demolished structures include houses and schools.
The demolitions have raised alarm among diplomats and human rights groups over the Tel Aviv regime’s sustained violation of international law.
Israeli rights group B’Tselem has condemned the practice as “court sanctioned revenge” and collective punishment,
The occupied territories have witnessed heightened tensions since August 2015, when Israel imposed restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East al-Quds (Jerusalem).
More than 220 Palestinians have lost their lives at the hands of Israeli forces since the beginning of last October amid the tensions.
The provocative demolitions by the Israeli regime, as well as its refusal to stop illegal settlement construction on occupied Palestinian territories, have dimmed hopes for any attempts aimed at bringing peace to Palestinians.
Over half a million Israelis live in more than 230 illegal settlements built since the 1967 Israeli occupation of the West Bank, including East al-Quds. The settlements are considered by the international community as illegal.
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