A Palestinian younth on Sunday evening had died of wounds he sustained when Israeli occupation forces opened fire near his house in Si’ir village north of Hebron, southern West Bank.

Aref Jaradat, 19, who had down syndrome, was taken to al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron for treatment where he underwent several surgeries but did not survive.

With Jaradat, the number of Palestinians killed by IOF since the start of October 2015 rises to 219.

Source: PNN