Palestinian Succumbs to Bullet Wounds after Nine-Year Battle for Life

Rasa - A young Palestinian man died on Sunday morning, nine years after being shot by Israeli forces and left with life-changing injuries.

News ID: 438594

Date: 10 July 2018 - 22:21

RNA - Yacoub Fayeq Nassar, from the Fawwar Refugee Camp, South of al-Khalil (Hebron) in the West Bank, was shot by Israeli forces in 2009, which left him paralyzed from the waist down and eventually requiring leg amputation, Palestine Chronicle reported.

His injury prompted him to also suffer from renal failure, which became severe in recent months and is thought to have caused his death.

Fawwar refugee camp, which is located six kilometers Southwest of al-Khalil, has endured much violence at the hands of Israeli troops. Two years ago, Israeli forces laid siege to the camp as collective punishment for a shooting attack on an Israeli car nearby. Medicine for the elderly and food for needy, could not enter the camp in the wake of the clampdown.

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