Beit Lahm mourns Zayd Ghoneim, announces strike
15-year-old Palestinian child Zayd Ghoneim was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces in Al-Khader, Beit Lahm.
The coordination committee between factions in Beit Lahm announced a comprehensive strike, today, Saturday, to participate in the funeral of Zayd Ghoneim.
The Palestinian child, Zayd Mohammad Saeed Ghoneim, 15, was shot dead by the Israeli occupation forces who were infiltrated into the town of Al-Khader, south of Beit Lahm.
استشهاد الطفل ( زيد محمد سعيد غنيم ١٥ عاماً) برصاص الاحتلال الحي . رصاصة في الرقبة ورصاصة في الظهر جنوب بيت لحم. pic.twitter.com/9fEsyDXJdX
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The Palestinian Ministry of Health said, "The child, Zayd Ghoneim, was martyred after being shot by live bullets in the neck and back."
Eyewitnesses from the town stated that "the child Ghoneim was surprised by the presence of the Israeli occupation forces in the alleys of the town and tried to take shelter in the parking garage of one of the houses, but the occupation forces fired live bullets at him and executed him."
تغطية صحفية: "اللحظات الأولى بعد الإعلان عن ارتقاء الفتى زيد محمد غنيم برصاص الاحتلال في بلدة الخضر جنوب بيت لحم".#فلسطين pic.twitter.com/RJlFk1Ic0M
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Dozens of civilians were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets, and others suffocated from tear gas while repelling the attacks of the Israeli occupation forces in the village of Beit Dajan, east of Nablus, and the town of Beita to the south.