Israeli forces kill Palestinian near Bethlehem

BETHLEHEM: A Palestinian man was killed on Thursday morning by Israeli occupation forces south of Bethlehem. The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) told WAFA correspondent that they were informed of the killing of a citizen by Israeli gunfire near the illegal Al-Azar colony, which was forcefully established on citizens' lands in the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem. The slain Palestinian was identified to be Sameh Muhammad Abd al-Rai Zaytoun, 63, from the city of Hebron. The PRC said that ambulance crews were not allowed to approach or transport the slain Palestinian's body. The occupation forces transferred the body of the slain man in an Israeli ambulance. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA