Israeli forces kill Palestinian man

A Palestinian has been shot dead by Israeli forces near the occupied city of al-Quds (Jerusalem).

The shooting took place in al-Issawiya, a village located just north of East al-Quds (Jerusalem), a Press TV correspondent reported.

Israel occupied East al-Quds along with the West Bank during the Six-Day War of 1967 and later annexed it, in violation of international law and despite the opposition of the international community, which has never recognized the illegal move.

The Palestinians say that East al-Quds (Jerusalem) should be the capital of their future independent state.

In another development, a 31-year-old man sustained injuries after Israeli forces fired live ammunition at protesters at a weekly anti-apartheid wall rally in the West Bank village of Bil’in.

Ashraf al-Khatib was shot in the leg with a .22 caliber bullet.

Demonstrators were able to carry him to a car and he was taken to a hospital, where medics said the bullet had smashed the bone in his leg.