A general strike has been staged in Beit Awwa village in the West Bank province of al-Khalil in protest at Israeli occupation forces’ killing of 18-year-old Badawi al-Masalma on Saturday night.
Shops schools and several institutions closed their doors as part of the strike while Israeli occupation forces deployed in large numbers around the village.
Israeli forces further installed makeshift barriers at the entrances to different villages in al-Khalil and restricted the movement of Palestinian citizens.
On Friday night Israeli occupation forces opened fire at a group of Palestinian youths in Beit Awwa for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails at Israeli military jeeps instantly killing one of them. He was later identified as Badawi al-Masalma.
Israeli forces have not handed over al-Masalma’s body to his family for burial yet.
