Israeli occupation forces shoot 4 Palestinians, abduct two, in Tubas

July 18, 2022

Earlier Sunday, Israeli occupation soldiers shot four Palestinians and abducted two, including one of the wounded, in Tubas city, in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank.

Local sources said several Israeli occupation jeeps invaded the city, leading to protests before the occupying soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and tear gas.

Kamal Bani Odah, a Palestinian official, said the occupying soldiers shot Ashraf Ra’ed Daraghma, 20, and abducted him without allowing Palestinian medics to approach him.

He added that the occupying soldiers also invaded, searched, and ransacked homes before abducting another young man.

Mohammad Samara, a Palestinian official, said Palestinian Red Crescent Medics provided treatment to three Palestinians who were shot with live rounds in the legs, especially the knee, and moved them to a hospital.

Samara added that the three Palestinians suffered moderate-but-stable injuries and said the bullets went through the knee area of two of the wounded Palestinians, but the third required surgery because the bullet remained lodged in his knee.