An-Najah News - According to the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates five Palestinians have died of coronavirus, raising the number of corona fatalities among Palestinian communities abroad to 266.

Four people between the ages of 75 and 80 have died of the disease in Libya, in addition to a 90-year-old man in Saudi Arabia said the statment.

The ministry said that eleven Palestinians tested positive for COVID-19, raising the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases among Palestinians in the diaspora to 6239.

An-Najah News - According local activist, Mohammed Awad a Palestinian minor was shot and injured with a live bullet during clashes with Israeli forces in the town of Beit Ummar to the north of Hebron.

Clashes broke out in al-Thahr area to the south of Beit Ummar town, during which Israeli forces used live ammunition and tear gas canisters against the town’s residents.

the forces shooted and injured a 16-year-old minor in the foot, which necessitated his transfer to hospital for medical treatment. His medical condition was described as moderate.

Dozens others suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.