RAMALLAH, Jan 6 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian was killed this morning, during clashes with Israeli soldiers, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian medics and eyewitnesses said.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that, Bakeer Hashash, a 21-year-old from the Balata refugee camp, in the suburb of the city, was critically injured by Israeli soldiers and died later in hospital.
Eyewitnesses said that, clashes broke out in the refugee camp, after Israeli forces stormed the Nablus-area suburb of Balata.
Tension has been flaring in the past few weeks, in the West Bank, as Palestinians took to the streets to protest against Israel, for expanding settlements and arresting Palestinians everyday.
