Utibe Ekoson
Two Palestinian men have succumbed to their wounds after they were shot by the Israeli army in separate incidents in the northern Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
Mohammad Abu Kishek, aged 22, was pronounced dead by the Palestinian Ministry of Health , less than 24 hours after he was shot in the stomach by Israeli forces .
Another man, 30-year-old Mohammad Hirzallah, a fighter with the Lions’ Den armed resistance group, succumbed to wounds he sustained when he was shot by the Israeli army in the head in July, while engaging in armed clashes in Nablus.
Hirzallah was fighting alongside two well-known leaders of the Lions’ Den when he was injured.
Thousands of Palestinians turned out for the funeral procession of Abu Kishek and Hirzallah, which began yesterday Nablus city.
Dozens of armed men were present, shooting live ammunition into the air in a demonstration of anger and mourning.
Hirzallah, who spent four months in hospital and underwent several surgeries, passed away at the Istishari Hospital in Ramallah.
The Palestinian Authority has not yet commented on the incident.
