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Elderly Palestinian shot in the head by IOF succumbs to wounds

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  • Source: Agencies
  • 19 Aug 2022 13:46
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58-year-old elderly Palestinian Salah Tawfik Sawafta was leaving the mosque after performing the dawn prayer when he was shot in cold blood.

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  • Elderly Palestinian shot in the head by IOF succumbs to wounds
    58-year-old elderly Palestinian Salah Tawfik Sawafta

A Palestinian elderly succumbed to his gunshot wounds inflicted by Israeli soldiers in the northern West Bank city of Tubas, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

The Ministry confirmed in a press statement that 58-year-old Salah Tawfiq Sawafta Abu Jarrara sustained a critical injury in the head and later succumbed to his wounds at a hospital.

The IOF killed an elderly Palestinian man Salah Tawfiq Sawafta (58 years old ) , he was shot by live bullets in the head in Tubas at dawn today.#ForeverPalestine 🇵🇸#SahabatPalestina_ID pic.twitter.com/TFaXRUJMu5

— ғᴏʀᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴘᴀʟᴇsᴛɪɴᴇ (@Forever__Pal06) August 19, 2022

The mayor of Tubas, Hossam Daraghmeh, said Sawafta was leaving the mosque after performing dawn prayer when he was shot.

Video of slain Salah Sawafta while trying to escape the lsraeli bullets before receiving one to his head. pic.twitter.com/P03SuRdvrM

— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) August 19, 2022

"He left the mosque and was heading to his house wearing a prayer robe. There was a vengeful soldier stationed in a building near the municipality who shot him in the head," he said.

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Local sources: "Photo of slain 60-year-old Salah Abu Jabbara, who was shot by Israeli live bullets in the occupied city of Tubas at dawn today." pic.twitter.com/7RgEQcgx9M

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 19, 2022

Daraghmeh said Sawafta had been unarmed when he was hit. "This man did not have a stone or anything in his hand," he said.

The Israeli military said five people were detained in overnight raids across the West Bank and a young man, who remained unidentified, was hit by a live round in the thigh in the course of the ensuing confrontations.

On Thursday, 18-year-old Wasim Abu Khalifa, from the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, succumbed to his injuries after he was shot during an Israeli raid on Nablus.

The Israeli occupation forces had earlier stormed the eastern area of Nablus with dozens of military vehicles, heading toward Qaber Youssef (Joseph's Tomb) area. 

The IOF, accompanied by Israeli settlers, both in large numbers, stormed Al-Quds and Amman Streets in the vicinity of Qaber Youssef (Joseph's Tomb) east of Nablus and the Askar and Balata refugee camps. 

والدة الشـ.هــيد وسيم خليفة تلقي عليه نظرة الوداع الأخيرة 💔 pic.twitter.com/e0zR1f0sPw

— #سعوديون_مع_الاقصى (@Saudis2018) August 18, 2022
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