Man dies of wounds after Ramallah protest

Mustafa Tamimi, 28, died of his wounds in an Israeli hospital on Saturday morning, after he was struck in the face by a tear gas canister fired by Israeli forces in his West Bank village a day earlier. Tamimi, who sustained a critical head wound during the Friday protest in Nabi Saleh, died in Rabin Medical Center in central Israeli city Petah Tikva, a Ma'an correspondent said. Nabi Saleh hosts weekly protests against land confiscation for an illegal settlement, and Israel has cracked down on its residents, carrying out night raids and arresting accused stone-throwers. An Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma'an on Friday that forces used "riot-dispersal means," before evacuating Tamimi to Israeli hospital. Witnesses told Ma'an a teenage boy suffered a leg fracture after being struck by a rubber-coated bullet and a young woman's arm was also broken during the demonstration. The Popular Struggle Coordination Committee said three people were evacuated to the Ramallah hospital for further treatment and one protester was arrested during the protest against land seizure in the village. Tamimi was shot by forces at a distance of less than 10 meters, the committee said. PA spokesman Ghassan Khatib said in a statement Saturday: "We hold the Israeli government responsible for this crime." "We call on the international community to take serious action to stop the Israeli military’s brutal oppression against Palestinian civilians and peaceful protesters."