A Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli forces at a junction near the illegal Israeli settlement of Gush Etzion in the southern occupied West Bank this afternoon. An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that a Palestinian vehicle hit a bus stop at the junction, injuring an Israeli civilian, adding that Israeli forces in the area shot at the driver. However, photographs of the scene published by Israeli media showed that the Palestinian vehicle had seemingly collided with the back of a bus.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed later in the afternoon that 21-year-old Suhaib Moussa Mashour Mashahra succumbed to wounds. He was from the Jerusalem-district village of Al-Sawahira. Official Palestinian news agency Wafa quoted Palestinian Red Crescent emergency services head Muhammad Awwad as saying that Israeli forces prevented Palestinian medics from reaching Mashahra and treating him. Israeli emergency medical service Magen David Adom said in a statement that it treated a 60-year-old Israeli who suffered from a light-to-moderate head injury at a junction on Route 60 at around 16:00. According to Ma’an documentation, Mashahra is the 19th Palestinian to have been killed by Israelis since the beginning of the year.
Source: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170419-israel-kills-palestinian-near…
