Palestinian Governorate of Ramallah and Al-Bireh was in mourning on Saturday over martyrdom of Palestinian teen, who was shot by Israeli occupation forces late on Friday.
Israeli occupation forces shot Mohammad Jibril Rummana, 17, in the abdomen, as he was in a car with another Palestinian young man. The second Palestinian was also injured. Both were arrested by the occupation forces, and Rummana later succumbed to his wounds, Palestinian media outlets reported.
The two Palestinians were in a car near the colonial Israeli settlement of ‘Pesagot’, east of Al-Bireh city in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli occupation forces shot and killed the young Palestinian man Mohammed Romana in Al-Bireh City in the occupied West Bank, last night. pic.twitter.com/TM4OESH4Ak
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 30, 2023
Israeli occupation military said in a statement Friday night that troops opened fire on the two Palestinians, claiming they hurled “Molotov cocktails at a military post” outside the Israeli settlement.
Shops and schools were shut on Saturday in mourning of Rummana.
The Hamas resistance group issued a statement praised Rummana as a “hero who was martyred while defending the freedom of his people.”
For its part, the Islamic Jihad resistance movement hailed the determination of Palestinian people in face of the Israeli crimes, stressing that the blood of martyrs pave the way for the Palestinian victory.
So far in September, Israeli occupation forces have killed 14 Palestinians, Quds News Agency reported on Saturday.
Source: Palestinian and Israeli media (translated and edited by Al-Manar English Website)
