Palestinians ‘Second Day of Rage, Four Killed, 888 injured

Palestine

Published: 2017-12-16 10:35

Last Updated: 2024-04-15 00:04


Photos from clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli forces in the West Bank. (Roya Palestine)
Photos from clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli forces in the West Bank. (Roya Palestine)

On the Palestinian ‘Second Day of Rage’, four Palestinians were killed and hundreds injured in clashes between Palestinians and Israeli army forces in different parts of the West Bank and Gaza.

Palestinian Ministry of Health reported the death of Yasser Sukkar and Ibrahim Abu Thurayya during clashes near the Gaza borders, it also reported the death of Basel Ismail in Ramallah as well as Mohammed Aqel in Al Bireh, who was killed in cold blood in front of the cameras, in the West Bank.

A video footage showed Mohammed Aqel who was shot twice at the northern entrance of Al Bireh city on Friday, Israeli soldiers shot him while he was standing few meters away from them, they continued shooting bullets at him even after he fell to the ground.

The video also showed paramedics trying to capture Aqel after soldiers prevented them from transferring the injured youth to a hospital, to die minutes after arriving at a nearby hospital.

In Gaza also, Israeli forces shot Abu Thurayya who lost his legs in a previous Israeli airstrike, Abu Thurayya was known for his activism against Israel.

While hundreds of Palestinians went to the streets to protest Trump’s Jerusalem decision, protests continued for the second week in a row, and protesters demanded Trump to withdraw his decision of recognizing Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.

Other protests also were held in different Arab countries, including Jordan, Egypt, and Turkey.