BETHLEHEM (Palestine Foundation Information Center) A Palestinian young man was martyred on Wednesday morning when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire at him in al-Walaja town, west of Bethlehem in the West Bank.
According to the Palestinian health ministry, 21-year-old Moataz al-Hajajila was shot dead, with no known reason, by IOF gunfire in the town.
The IOF reportedly seized the body of al-Hajajila and refused to hand it over to a Palestinian ambulance crew.
Earlier, local sources said that Israeli soldiers assaulted Hajajila and shot him at close range shortly after kidnaping him from his home in al-Walaja town.
The IOF justified its killing of the young man by claiming he tried to stab one of the soldiers and snatch his gun.