PA Health ministry: 38-year-old man killed by IDF gunfire south of Nablus

A Palestinian man was killed this afternoon by Israeli gunfire in the village of Odala south of Nablus, the Palestinian Authority’s Health Ministry says, referring to the military as “occupation forces.”

He is identified as Bahaa Rashid, 38.

الشهيد بهاء عبد الرحمن راشد الذي ارتقى برصاص الاحتلال في قرية أودلا جنوب نابلس pic.twitter.com/vjv7rKRoKt

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Citing security and local sources, the PA’s WAFA news agency reports that Rashid took a bullet to the head from IDF forces who clashed with Palestinians outside a mosque in the center of the village.

Israeli forces also arrested two men from the nearby village of Beita and from Khalayel al-Loz, south of Bethlehem, WAFA reports.

The IDF does not immediately comment.

WAFA also reports that early this morning settlers set fire to two cars and graffitied “liberty for Israel” with a Star of David on a shed in the village of Taybeh, east of Ramallah. Local sources cited by WAFA say this is the sixth time their village has been attacked by settlers.

#صور مستوطنون يهاجمون قرية الطيبة قضاء رام الله ويعتدون على ممتلكات الفلسطينيين ويحرقون مركباتهم ويخطون شعارات تدعو لقتل العرب. pic.twitter.com/40pycqXQb4

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WAFA reports that the attack took place after Taybeh opened its Christmas market last night, with diplomats present.