Hundreds of mourners carried the body of a 20-year-old man who was shot dead during an Israeli raid through the streets of Bethlehem on June 20.

Zakaria Mohammad al-Za’oul was brought to a hospital in Husan with critical head wounds and was pronounced dead shortly after.

Separately, six Palestinians were killed during an Israeli raid on a refugee camp in Jenin.

RESTRICTION SUMMARY:Bethlehem- 20 June 2023. Palestinians carry the body of Zakaria al-Za’oul, during his funeral in the West Bank city of Bethlehem

STORYLINE:

A Palestinian youth was last night shot and killed by Israeli forces during confrontations that broke out in the village of Husan, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, the Ministry of Health confirmed.

It said Zakaria Mohammad al-Za’oul, 20, was brought to a hospital in Husan with critical head wounds from Israeli army gunfire and was pronounced dead shortly after.

Rami Hamamra, head of the Husan village council, told WAFA that confrontations broke out between the village youths and Israeli forces at the eastern entrance to the village. The soldiers fired live bullets and gas and sound canisters at the youths during the confrontations, critically injuring al-Za’oul in the head, who was rushed to hospital and was later pronounced dead.

Security sources added that two more youths were shot by Israeli gunfire, one in the stomach and the other in the neck, noting that one unidentified youth was also detained.