RAFAH: Palestinian teenager shot dead by Israeli forces 

 

RAFAH: Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian teenager early Sunday in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said. The Palestinian Health Ministry said that Ahmed Ahmad Rimawi, 19, was killed in the army fire.

This is besides two young Palestinians whoe were shot by Israeli occupation forces during the forces’ incursion of Al-Dahshieh Camp in southern Bethlehem.
According to a security source in Bethlehem, clashes erupted between when the Israeli forces entered the camp. Forces fired live bullets and tear gas, resulting in the injury of the two young men from shots to the abdomen and hand.
They also arrested two young men after raiding the homes of their parents at the camp.
Since October 2015, 244 Palestinians, 36 Israelis, two Americans, a Jordanian, an Eritrean and a Sudanese have been killed, according to an AFP count.
Settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque
Meanwhile, extremist Jewish settlers on Sunday stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque compound from Bab Al-Magharbeh Gate, amid protection from police and special occupation forces. The settlers carried out provocative tours of the courtyard, accompanied by a number of rabbis who provided Talmudic explanations of the temple, local sources from Jerusalem reported.
However, worshippers and students confronted the settlers, prevented them from moving freely in the courtyard.
Amona relocation deal
Residents of a wildcat settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank agreed in a vote on Sunday to evacuate their hilltop outpost peacefully, a week before a court-imposed deadline for their eviction.
The 40 families living at Amona, in the northern West Bank, faced a Supreme Court order to leave the site by Dec. 25 because it was found to have been built on private Palestinian land.
Media said the latest draft proposed moving the families to plots adjacent to the current site that are not covered by the Supreme Court ruling. However, Israeli rights group Yesh Din said a Palestinian claimant to one of those alternative plots has come forward, raising the prospect of a fresh legal battle.
— with input from AP, AFP