By Awad Rjoob
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) - The Palestinian Health Ministry announced Friday the death of a Palestinian who was shot by the Israeli army one week ago in Jenin in the northern West Bank.
“Jamal Mahmoud Abdel Rahman Masharqa, 21, died as a result of critical wounds sustained by occupation bullets about a week ago in Jenin,” it said without providing further details.
It brings the number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli army in the West Bank since Oct. 7 to 206, in addition to 2,780 wounded, it said
Since Israel started bombarding Gaza following Hamas's Oct. 7 cross-border attack, at least 12,000 Palestinians have been killed, including more than 8,300 women and children, and 30,000 have been injured, according to the territory's Health Ministry.
An Israeli blockade has also cut Gaza off from fuel, electricity and water supplies, and reduced aid deliveries to a small trickle.
The Israeli death toll, meanwhile, is around 1,200, according to official figures.
*Writing by Ikram Kouachi