Irshaid became the second Palestinian killed on Friday.
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Uday’s sister, Dania, was shot and killed by Israeli forces in Hebron on October 25.
Arsheed’s 17-year-old sister was killed two months ago during similar clashes, sources in Hebron said.
A witness told Ma’an at the time that he saw a schoolgirl with a schoolbag on her back trying to cross the Israeli checkpoint near the Ibrahimi mosque.
In total 58 people were wounded by live fire in Gaza in four protests in the north, centre and south, the health ministry said.
Earlier Friday, Omar al-Hroub, 55, was shot and killed after an alleged attempted vehicle ramming attack in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron’s Halhul village.
Palestinian youths fought Israeli forces near the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Hebron, and the soldiers responded with live fire, witnesses said.
“If tomorrow they fill the gap of me and (Palestinian president Mahmud) Abbas and they start killing Israelis, who amongst one billion Arabs will be against it?”
Earlier in the day, a Palestinian gunman opened fire at soldiers at a West Bank border crossing before he was wounded and fled the scene, according to the Israeli defense ministry.
The mother (L) of Palestinian Odai Irsheed, who medics said was shot and killed by Israeli troops du …
“An armed Palestinian assailant fired shots on the Gilboa crossing from several dozen metres (yards) away”, said the ministry, which employs civilian guards at the site. The military said forces tried to disperse the riot with nonlethal means before firing “towards inciting characters”.
Since October 1, near daily attacks and clashes between Palestinians and security forces have killed 116 on the Palestinian side, 17 Israelis, an American and an Eritrean. The military identified the suspect as Mahmad Abd El Halim Abd El Hamid Salam.
Islamic State will assume the moral leadership of the Arab world if Israel does not stop crushing Palestinians’ hopes of statehood, a senior official in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said Friday.
Tensions between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip are showing no sign of abatement. The Palestinians say the Tel Aviv regime seeks to change the status quo of the compound.
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