Three Palestinians killed in Al-Aqsa clashes on Friday
July 21, 2017 3:00 P.M. (Updated: July 21, 2017 6:34 P.M.)
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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian teenager was killed during clashes in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al-Amoud on Friday, medical sources told Ma’an, as witnesses said that the youth was shot by an Israeli settler.
The youth was identified as 17-year-old Muhammad Mahmoud Sharaf from the neighborhood of Silwan.
Witnesses said Sharaf was shot in the neck by an Israeli settler, and later succumbed to his wounds.
Social media pages shared footage of what they claimed to be Sharaf’s funeral, stating that Sharaf was immediately buried out of fear that Israeli authorities might confiscate his body.
Israeli police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri however said in a statement that Israeli police wasn’t aware of any deaths at Damascus Gate — in an apparent confusion due to Damascus Gate being known in Arabic as Bab al-Amoud.
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Very shortly after his death, mourners carried out Sharaf’s funeral, out of fear that Israeli authorities might confiscate his body, as participants chanted slogans about the teenager and Al-Aqsa.