Nablus is mourning the loss of loved ones following an Israeli army invasion that killed 11 people. “Loss is difficult as it is,” says newly widowed Umm Muhammad. “Loss because of the bullets of this ugly regime is indescribable.”
Hamza Ashqar was killed with a live bullet in the early hours of Tuesday, making his death the second Palestinian from Nablus killed by Israel since the beginning of the year, and the 42nd in the occupied West Bank, including nine children.
Hamza Ashqar, 16, reportedly threw a piece of metal towards the army vehicles almost 100 feet away, when an Israeli soldier fired two fatal shots at him from inside one of the vehicles.