Jerusalem – Palestinian Killed In Clash With Israeli Forces In East Jerusalem

Jerusalem – A Palestinian has died from gunshot wounds sustained during clashes with Israeli security forces in Jerusalem.

Ahmad Bitawi, the director of Ramallah hospital in the West Bank, says Wissam Jamal, 20, arrived at the hospital with a bullet wound to the chest.

Witnesses in the Shuafat refugee camp in Jerusalem say clashes broke out Thursday between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces.

Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri says the forces had gone to search the home of a Palestinian involved in an earlier attack.

She says they were confronted by thousands of rioters who hurled stones and firebombs at them. She says troops opened fire toward the protesters’ lower bodies.

Four Israelis have been killed in attacks over the past week. Seven Palestinians, including four alleged attackers, have been killed in the unrest. More than 130 Palestinians have been wounded in demonstrations and clashes across the West Bank and east Jerusalem.