Israeli forces beat elderly man to death in Aqraba, south of Nablus

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Israeli forces have severely beaten an elderly man on his own land in the town of Aqraba in the Nablus governorate, according to the mayor of the town, Salah Jaber, Al Jazeera reports.

The Wafa news agency quoted Jaber as saying that the man died later in the National Hospital in the city of Nablus.

The death was confirmed to Wafa by Ahmed Al-Azar, a paramedic, who was involved in the injured man’s transfer to hospital.

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