Palestinian fired, killed by Israeli soldiers in west Bank fighting

(MENAFN) The Palestinian Ministry of Health stated that on Friday, May. 28 a young Palestinian man was fired and killed and scores were wounded in confrontations between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. A ministry report said that the Palestinian young man died after he was fired in the chest by Israeli soldiers in the village of Beita, south of the West Bank city of Nablus. Confrontations between the two parties erupted in several locales in the West Bank, noted Eyewitnesses who further said that scores were wounded by rubber bullets and tear gas canisters. Every Friday for years, the Palestinian people hold popular demonstration against the extension of Israeli settlement and seizure of territory.