(21 Jun 2023)
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++NIGHT SHOTS++
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Turmus Ayya , West Bank - 21 June 2023
1. Mourners marching, UPSOUND: gunshots
2. Mourners marching during funeral of 27-year-old Omar Qatin
3. Mourners carrying body
4. Mourners chanting UPSOUND (Arabic) "With spirit and blood we sacrifice the martyr."
5. Various of mourners marching and chanting
STORYLINE:
Hundreds gathered on Wednesday to mourn 27-year-old Omar Qatin who was killed by army fire in the town of Turmus Ayya, West Bank.
Palestinian medical officials said one man — identified as 27-year-old Omar Qatin — was killed by army fire and two other people were wounded.
Residents said Qatin was a father of two small children and worked as an electrician for the local municipality.
Israeli police said it opened fire when residents threw rocks and fireworks toward them.
One officer fired after believing his life was in danger, hitting a “rioter”, the force added.
Palestinian residents disputed the account.
Hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed into a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, setting fire to dozens of cars and homes to avenge the deaths of four Israelis killed by Palestinian gunmen the previous day, residents said.
The settler attack came as the Israeli military deployed additional forces in the occupied West Bank, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans to build 1,000 new settler homes in response to the deadly shooting.
The moves threatened to further raise tensions after days of deadly fighting in the West Bank that included a daylong Israeli military raid in a Palestinian militant stronghold and Tuesday's mass shooting.
Palestinian residents and human rights groups have long complained about Israel's inability or refusal to halt settler violence.
In Wednesday's rampage, residents in Turmus Ayya said some 400 settlers marched down the town's main road, setting fire to cars, homes and trees.
AP video shot by: Aref Tufaha
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