A 20-year-old Palestinian youth Sabi Ubaid was killed on Friday afternoon by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in Nabi Saleh town northwest of Ramallah. Dozens of others were injured and suffered suffocation in clashes that erupted with IOF soldiers in different flashpoints in the West Bank.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that the martyr was shot in the chest with a live bullet that pierced his heart. The attempts to save his life had failed the ministry added.
The clashes erupted due to popular anger after Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails had entered day 26 of their open-ended hunger strike. The clashes broke out in the vicinity of Ofer jail in Ramallah and in each of Beita and Beit Forik towns south and east of Nablus respectively.
Palestinian families also performed Friday prayer near the solidarity tent which has been held in Qalqilya downtown for the fourth week in a row.
Jenin city along with Yabad and Silat al-Thahr towns witnessed many solidarity sit-ins and events organized by Islamic and national factions as well as pro-Palestinian prisoners committees.
The people in Deir Istiya town north of Salfit also challenged IOF soldiers and performed the Friday prayer in the streets in protest at the closure of agricultural roads in the town. The IOF troops tried to prevent the solidarity event but the inhabitants managed to continue the prayer while Israeli soldiers were besieging them.
