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Palestinian, 53, killed by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank
Nabil Ahmed Ghanem was killed as he tried to cross Israel’s separation wall in Qalqilya city in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces have killed a 53-year-old Palestinian man near the separation barrier in Qalqilya city in the north of the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa.
The victim, identified as Nabil Ahmed Ghanem by the Palestinian health ministry, was shot dead on Sunday near the village of Jaljulia. He was a resident of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said Sunday’s shooting was a “field execution”.
Wafa reported that Ghanem has been shot at while trying to cross the separation barrier. He was among the tens of thousands of West Bank Palestinians who regularly seek work in Israel.
An Israeli army spokesperson said forces had shot at “a suspect who vandalised the security fence”, which the Palestinians and many rights organisations have dubbed an “apartheid wall”.
The International Court of Justice at The Hague ordered Israel to tear the wall down after ruling it illegal. Nevertheless, the wall, which severely restricts Palestinian movements, remains.
Every day around 165,000 Palestinians cross with permits into Israel for work, according to the Palestinian workers union. Some have permits to work in Israel while others seek to cross without authorisation.
It is unclear whether Ghanem had the documents required to cross the checkpoints.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/19/palestinian-killed-by-israeli-forces-near-qalqilya
The wall- as we all know- is illegal. So is the occupation.
There will be a reckoning.
