IOF kill 25-year-old Palestinian youth during Tulkarm raid
The Palestinian Health Ministry says the martyr was targeted by a bullet straight in the head, leading to a complete laceration of the skull.
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25-year-old Palestinian martyr Amir Imad Abu Khadijeh (Social media)
The Palestinian Ministry of Health on Thursday confirmed that 25-year-old Amir Imad Abu Khadijeh was shot dead this morning in an Israeli occupation forces raid in the village of Izbat Shoufa, southeast of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm.
The Ministry indicated that the martyr was brought to a hospital in Tulkarm after he was shot in the lower extremities and hit by a bullet in the head that led to a complete laceration of the skull.
Watch: Well-armed Israeli occupation soldiers besieged the house of Palestinian youth Ammer Abu Khadija during a raid into Izbat Shufa village, southeast of the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm, before shooting and killing him, today. pic.twitter.com/FIm2R5Epj1
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) March 23, 2023
Palestinian news agency WAFA cited witnesses as saying that a large Israeli occupation military force raided the village, closed its main entrance, and prevented movement while surrounding Abu Khadijeh's house.
Watch: The moment when Palestinian youth Ameer Abu Khdeijha was pronounced dead after being assassinated by Israeli occupation forces in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm, today. pic.twitter.com/EoYnYV4a7f
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) March 23, 2023
The agency also cited witnesses as saying that gunfire was heard during the siege of the house that resulted in the martyrdom of 25-year-old Abu Khadijeh.
According to local sources, the martyr Abu Khadija is the leader and founder of the Tulkarm Brigade - Rapid Response.
With Abu Khadijeh's death, the number of Palestinians killed at the hand of Israeli occupation forces or illegal Israeli settlers rises to 89.
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