participated in the initial march.

Also killed was Sultan Al Zaaqiq, 30 and Abed Breigheth, 35.

20-year-old Amir Alami, a young relative of Sultan, witnessed the incident.

“It was the first time I’ve watched someone get shot and killed,” said Alami.

“Sultan was standing between two houses and there was a soldier on rooftop with a sniper rifle. Then the soldier shot him in his back.”

35-year-old Abed Breigheth was nearby and went to help before he was shot twice moments later, first in his leg and then his stomach. Both died shortly after.

After thousands gathered for the funeral procession of the three men later the same day, protesters unleashed a torrent of stones on the Israeli watchtower and checkpoint at the main entrance to Beit Ummar on the way to the cemetery.Youth heaved scrap metal onto Road 60 barricading the thoroughfare and set tires ablaze inside the walled off open area of the checkpoint used for storage.

At one point, several protesters tossed a propane gas tank into the billowing flames and minutes later, it exploded sending flames soaring as high as the watchtower.

Palestinian youth spent 20 uninterrupted minutes inflicting damage before Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and dispersed the crowds up the hillside, close to the main road.

While medics were treating youth for tear gas inhalation, several live shots snapped through the respite and sent the crowd to a sprint. A jeep pulled up firing more just before protesters reached the main street. Live rounds were fired three additional times sending uninvolved families ducking for cover as youth and