Palestinian youth killed by Israeli occupation forces during raid in Jericho

WEST BANK, May 27 (YPA) -A  Palestinian young man was killed at dawn on Tuesday during an Israeli occupation forces raid on the city of Jericho.

Palestinian medical sources confirmed that 20-year-old Mohammed Yahya Asi Jalaytah succumbed to his wounds after being shot by Israeli forces during the raid on the Arab neighborhood in central Jericho.

The Fatah movement in the Jericho organizational area declared a general strike in mourning for Jalaytah.

After midnight, Israeli occupation forces raided Jericho and fired live ammunition and sound bombs at residents of the Arab neighborhood in central Jericho.

They also raided a private home, during which Jalaytah was hit by live ammunition and later pronounced dead.

The slain youth’s body will be taken this afternoon from his family’s home on Qasr Hisham Street in central Jericho to the old Jericho mosque, and then to his final resting place.

@E.Y.M