Israeli forces shoot dead 17-year-old Palestinian near Bethlehem

Israeli forces last night shot dead a Palestinian youth, southeast of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, the Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed.

The Ministry said in a statement that Mutasem Mohammad Atallah, a 17-year-old Palestinian from the village of Harmala in the occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem, was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces inside the colonial Israeli settlement of Tekoa.

Source: Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA)