NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Four Palestinians were killed in the West Bank on Friday, three by Israeli forces and one by an Israeli settler, amid widespread protests in solidarity with Gaza.
The four deaths on Friday come after a Palestinian was killed by Israeli forces late Thursday in clashes at Qalandia, bringing the total death toll in the West Bank to eight as thousands have marched in protest against the Israeli assault on Gaza over the last two weeks.
The victims were identified as Khaled Azmi Khaled Yousef, 18, Hashem Abu Maria, 47, Tayeb Abu Shehada, 22, and Sultan Al-Zaaqiq, 30.
Yousef was killed and three were injured on Friday when an Israeli settler opened fire at a protest march near Nablus, an official said.
In the village of Huwwara, Palestinians began marching in protest against Israel's deadly offensive in Gaza when an Israeli settler drove by in a car and fired into the crowd, the mayor of the village said.
Khalid Mari Khalid Yousef, 18, died after being hit directly in the chest, a Ma'an reporter said, after Fatah spokesman Awwad Nijm said earlier that Yousef was critically injured.
Israeli forces who subsequently arrived on the scene got involved in the clashes, killing another Palestinian named Tayeb Abu Shehada, 22.
Nijm identified the other three injured as Tariq Issam, Muhammad Nasasrah, and Jihad Odeh.
Twenty Palestinians suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation, he added. more
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