The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that Hamza Al-Ashqar (17 years old) was martyred by Israeli occupation forces in Nablus, occupied West Bank.

The ministry explained that the martyr was shot in the face by Israeli occupation soldiers during the Israeli aggression on Nablus.

By the martyrdom of Al-Ashqar, the number of the martyrs has risen to 42 since the beginning of this year, including nine children and an elderly woman.