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Palestinian in Nablus dies from wounds caused by Israeli forces two weeks ago

Palestinian in Nablus dies from wounds caused by Israeli forces two weeks ago
"Mohammad was beloved by everyone who knew him," Zeid Arayshi, his older brother, told °®Âþµº. "He was the one to take care of our cancer-ill father and stayed with him at his house."
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West Bank
23 August, 2022
Israeli forces have killed eight Palestinians in Nablus since July, 140 in the occupied territories since the beginning of 2022. [Getty]

A Palestinian man in succumbed to his wounds caused by Israeli forces' fire during an Israeli military raid two weeks ago, the Palestinian health ministry announced.
 
The victim was 25-year-old Mohammad Arayshi, a resident of Nablus. He was pronounced dead in the in the city at 4:30 am on Tuesday after suffering a cardio-pulmonary stroke.
 
"Arayshi was wounded by an Israeli live bullet in the stomach during the Israeli raid into Nablus on the 9th of August," Mohammad Raei, a human rights activist based in Nablus, told °®Âþµº.
 
The Israeli raid targeted the old city, and , Ibrahim Nabulsi and Islam Suboh, and a 16-year-old civilian, Hussein Jamal Taha.

"Mohammad Arayshi was not a militant; he was a civilian," said Raei. "Israeli forces had , from where they raided the old city. It was there that Arayshi took part in throwing stones at the Israeli troops before being shot."
 
"Arayshi underwent four surgeries to save him, but the  and he died on Tuesday," Raei added.
 
"Mohammad was beloved by everyone who knew him," Zeid Arayshi, his older brother, told °®Âþµº. "He was the one to  and stayed with him at his house."

"He worked two jobs. During the day, he sold sweet corn at a park in the city, and at night he worked as a janitor in Nablus' municipality. He was the main source of income for the family," the victim's brother noted. 
 
", liver and kidney, to the point he had to take dialysis sessions during his treatment," his brother further described. "The last thing he told me was that if he died, he wanted to be buried beside our mother."

Arayshi was buried Tuesday in Nablus at noon, with hundreds of Palestinians taking part in the funeral that marched through the city's main square and the old city's alleys.
 
, illing eight Palestinians in the city since July and wounding dozens.

Last week, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager during a military raid that aimed at supporting Israeli settlers storming a religious site in the city.

Eyewitnesses told °®Âþµº that the teenager .

In late July, the killing of Ibrahim Nabulsi and Islam Suboh, two armed militants in the old city of Nablus, and 16-year-old Hussein Taha  against Israeli forces across the West Bank and Jerusalem.

On Tuesday, a commercial strike was launched in Nablus in mourning of Mohammad Arayshi. Palestinian foreign ministry condemned the killing of Arayshi, describing it as "a war crime and crime against humanity".
 
The statement also warned against " that hide the size and level of suffering of Palestinian families, as a result of stealing the life of a beloved one".
 
Since the beginning of 2022, , 47 of whom were killed by airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, earlier in August, according to the Palestinian health ministry figures.

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