Wafa news agency reported that Ahmed Harb Ayyad, 32, lost his life “due to the brutal beating” to which he was subjected by the soldiers after his attempt to cross the security barrier and enter Israel.

Israeli forces systematically kill or injure Palestinians who attempt to cross the controversial barrier to look for work in Israel in the face of the difficult economic situation in the West Bank.

According to the United Nations Human Rights Office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Tel Aviv’s soldiers killed 60 Palestinians in the first half of 2022, included 14 children, for an increase of 46 percent compared to 2021.

Israel’s use of lethal force became a widespread practice in the occupied territories, often employed as a first resort rather than a last resort, it denounced.

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