The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) expressed its “deepest condolences” on Sunday over the death of one of its members, Yousif Abbas Kashur, who was killed by Israeli forces during clashes on Saturday in the central occupied West Bank town of al-Eizariya.
A day after widespread demonstrations across the occupied Palestinian territory were violently repressed, leaving three Palestinians killed and hundreds of others injured, and three Israeli settlers killed by a Palestinian, clashes continued on Saturday to denounce new Israeli security measures at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem.
Israeli forces shot Kashur and at least one other Palestinian with live bullets during Saturday clashes in al-Eizariya, with Kashur later succumbing to his wounds at the hospital.
The leftist political movement hailed the resident of Abu Dis -- who it said was 19 years old, contrary to earlier reports stating he was 23 -- saying Kashur had been “involved in national struggle and resistance to occupation since his youngest days.”
Kashur died a day after fellow Abu Dis resident Muhammad Khalaf Lafi, a 17-year-old member of leftist movement the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), was killed by Israeli forces during clashes.
The PFLP said that a number of Kashur’s relatives had been wounded or imprisoned by Israeli forces over the years, including his father, who suffered from a hand injury while preparing a bomb, and was sentenced to life in prison before being released in 1985 during a prisoner swap deal.
One of Kashur’s uncles had also been killed by Israeli forces, the group added.
The PFLP said that Kashur’s “dedication and commitment” to the cause led him to be involved in a number of youth organizations, as well as to maintain the social media accounts for the PFLP’s branch in Abu Dis.
“The martyr was characterized by his high morals, commitment, bravery and courage,” the statement read. “He was determined never to desert a confrontation with the occupation and to continually resist the occupation soldiers who attempt to invade the area with stones and Molotov cocktails.”
According to Ma’an documentation, Kashur is one of 50 Palestinians to have been killed by Israelis in 2017 -- 15 of whom were killed in July alone. Thirteen Israelis have been killed by Palestinians in the same time frame.
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