RAMALLAH, June 24 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian man was killed on Tuesday, by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in the south West Bank.
Ahmad Erekat, 27, was shot dead after his vehicle crashed at the checkpoint, located between East Jerusalem and the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem, Palestinian medical sources said.
But Israeli sources said that the man attempted to run over Israeli soldiers manning the checkpoint.
However, Erekat’s family said that he was returning to his home in Abu Dis for his sister’s wedding on Tuesday night, after picking up his mother and siblings from Bethlehem.
The family added that Erekat also planned to hold his own wedding later this summer.
