APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Jericho - 16 April 2021. Palestinians take part during a funeral of a Palestinian man Ali Abu al-Khair, who was killed After being run over by an Israeli settler in the West Bank city of Nablus
01.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) The mother of Ali Abu al-Khair,
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A young Palestinian man lost his life after being run over by an Israeli settler in the West Bank.
Palestinian sources said the victim, identified as Ali Abu al-Khair, was struck near the city of Jericho on Thursday evening.
The man was subsequently taken a nearby hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
More than 600,000 Israelis live in over 230 settlements built since the 1967 Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East Jerusalem al-Quds. All Israeli settlements are illegal under international law.
The UN Security Council has condemned Israel’s settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories in several resolutions.
Palestinians want the West Bank as part of a future independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem al-Quds as its capital.
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