AL-KHALIL (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired at and killed a Palestinian youth in cold-blood at the northern entrance of al-Khalil city on Monday morning.

Eyewitnesses told the PIC that IOF soldiers opened fire at the young man in front of a girls’ school in the area of Beit Einun and left him bleed to death.

The soldiers claimed that the youth stabbed an Israeli soldier before they fired at him nine bullets and left him bleeding the witnesses elaborated.

They said that the soldiers declared the area a closed military zone and blocked arrival of ambulances to evacuate him.

AL-KHALIL (PIC)– A Palestinian youth was killed in cold blood in southern al-Khalil on Tuesday at the hands of Israeli occupation forces (IOF) after claiming that he tried to stab a soldier.

The Palestinian ministry of health said in a press release that IOF soldiers opened live fire at Uday Masalma 24 and killed him instantly.

The Israeli TV Channel Ten claimed that a soldier’s face was “scratched” in the attack before he gunned down the young man.

The PIC reporter in al-Khalil said that the incident occurred during clashes between unarmed Palestinian youths and the heavily-armed IOF soldiers in Beit Uwa town south of al-Khalil.

The ministry’s statement accused the soldiers of extra-judicial killing of the youth adding that he was shot at a very close distance and that a bullet penetrated his brain while his feet suffered multiple bullet wounds.

47 Palestinians were so far killed in the Jerusalem Intifada that started on the first of October in protest at Israeli violations against the Palestinians and their holy places.

NABLUS (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed a Palestinian young man from Tobas when he approached a military roadblock east of Nablus on Sunday morning eyewitnesses reported.

They said that the soldiers manning Al-Hamra road barrier detained the body of the youth and cordoned off the entire area.

They said that the soldiers deliberately fired at Ahmed Daraghme 21 while walking near the barrier after they claimed he tried to assault them. The soldiers riddled his body with bullets killing him instantly then blocked movement on the barrier.

The IOF deploys more than 650 roadblocks in the West Bank cities villages and refugee camps turning them into isolated cantons.

AL-KHALIL (PIC)– IOF troops on Friday night shot dead the Palestinian youth Shadi Mutawar at Halhul military roadblock near Al-Khalil city without any justification.

Witnesses reported that the 25-year-old young man was killed when one of the soldiers shot him and a bullet hit his chest killing him instantly.

They added that the soldiers searched Mutawar at the roadblock while on his way to buy foodstuff near his home before shooting at him without any apparent reason.