Illustration. (Reuters / Mohamad Torokman)

Crossing the Border, This Palestinian Man is Shot to Death

Israel - According to Reuters, a young Palestinian man was shot to dead by the Israeli Forces who tried to climb a fence to break through the border into the West Bank on Friday (31/5). Witnesses told Reuters that the young man was climbed a fence near Bethlehem to visit Jerusalem in the middle of Ramadan.

However, when the young man tried to climb, Israeli Forces immediately shot him. The teenager had struggled to live, but the gunshot wound on his body was too severe that he finally had his last breath in the middle of climbing. The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed the death of the young man. They reported that another teenager was also shot and injured on the occasion.

A spokesman for the Israeli border police also admitted that his forces shot at a Palestinian who tried to break into the territory of his country. However, they are still carrying out further investigations.

It is reported that Israel itself is on high alert during the holiday of the holy month of Ramadan, especially after the incident of stabbing their citizens by Palestinian man today, and because this situation often happened especially in the Israeli-Palestinian border region.

However, Israel considers the attacks on its citizens as "incitement" and resulted from no progress in the peace efforts of the two countries that is still heating up until now.

Source: https://www.cnnindonesia.com/internasional/20190531175537-120-400116/israel-tembak-mati-pemuda-palestina-yang-terobos-perbatasan