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PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ACCUSES ISRAEL OF “EXECUTING” A PALESTINIAN AT A CHECKPOINT

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Sunday, accused Israeli forces of “executing” a Palestinian at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, while the Israeli army said that “a suspect tried to seize one of the soldiers’ weapons,” according to “Agence France Presse.”

In a statement, the Ministry condemned “the heinous crime of execution committed by the occupation forces against the citizen Ahmed Hassan Abdel-Jalil Al-Kahla (45 years old).”

According to the Palestinian Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Health, Al-Kahla was killed near the village of Silwad, east of Ramallah.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

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