Palestinian killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers in West Bank: medics

RAMALLAH: JAN. 6 – A Palestinian was killed on Thursday morning during clashes with Israeli soldiers near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian medics and eyewitnesses said.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that Bakeer Hashash, a 21-year-old from Balata refugee camp in the suburb of the city, was critically injured by Israeli soldiers and died later in the hospital.

Eyewitnesses said that clashes broke out in the refugee after Israeli forces stormed the Nablus-area suburb of Balata.

Tension has been flaring in the past few weeks in the West Bank as Palestinians took to the streets to protest against Israel for expanding settlements and arresting Palestinians every day.

-Xinhua