Israeli forces on Sunday around dawn shot and killed a 19-year-old Palestinian young man in the Ramallah-area village of Beit Rima in the central occupied West Bank, locals and Palestinian medical sources told Ma'an.
The Palestinian ministry of health identified the victim as Ahmad Hazim Ata al-Rimawi.
Locals said al-Rimawi was shot with live fire in the chest during clashes with Israeli forces, and was evacuated to Yasser Arafat Hospital in the northern Salfit district, where doctors announced his death upon arrival.
The sources highlighted that al-Rimawi's father, Hazim Ata al-Rimawi, had been released from Israeli jails only three months ago after completing a 15-year sentence.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that early Sunday morning during a “violent riot, large crowds of rioters began throwing rocks at Israeli forces, injuring a border police officer.”
“Forces then engaged in riot dispersal means, and the riot was dispersed,” the spokesperson said.
“We are aware of reports that a rioter was killed and another was injured, and we are looking into that,” the spokesperson added.
Rights groups have routinely condemned Israeli authorities for their use of excessive force against Palestinians, including minors, during incidents that did not warrant a violent response, resulting in the killing of 235 Palestinians by Israeli forces and settlers since a wave of violence spread across the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel in October 2015.
