Nablus mourns Palestinian killed by Israeli forces

Hundreds of Palestinian mourners took part today in the funeral procession of a Palestinian youth who succumbed, earlier this morning, to serious wounds sustained last month by Israeli gunfire during a military raid into the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.

Medical sources reported that 23-year-old Palestinian Amir Mohamad Loulah, a resident of the village of Zawata, west of Nablus, was seriously injured during an Israeli assault on Nablus on February 22 when 10 other people were killed during the same raid and over 20 injured.

His killing brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces and settlers this year to at least 92, including 17 children and an elderly woman, according to the ministry of health.

2023 is the bloodiest start to a year since 2000, the health ministry said.