Funeral of 13-year old killed on Sunday begins

Mourners have gathered in a small village north of Ramallah for the funeral of Ahmed Abdullah Sharaka, the 13-year-old boy killed during clashes near the West Bank settlement of Beit El on Sunday.

Sharaka was from al-Jalazon Camp, a village set up in 1949 to house Palestinian refugees.

He was killed on Sunday evening during violent clashes between Palestinians and the Israeli security forces just outside Beit El.

Mourners carry a stretcher bearing Sharaka's body during his funeral (Twitter / @alrayps)

Locals gather for the funeral of Sharaka, one of 8 Palestinian children killed since 1 October (Twitter / @shehabagency)

Merchants and traders in Ramallah shuttered their shops on Monday in protest at the killing, and footage from the north of the city showed the streets empty.

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