Israeli occupying soldiers shoot child, injure many Palestinians, in West Bank

August 11, 2022

On Wednesday evening, Israeli occupation soldiers shot a Palestinian child with a live round and suffocated dozens of Palestinians, in Al-Khalil and Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.

Local sources in Al-Khalil said the occupation soldiers shot and moderately injured a child, 15, with a live round in the leg before the medics rushed him to a local hospital.

They added that the medics also provided treatment to many Palestinians who suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, cuts, and bruises.

The injuries occurred when the Israeli occupying soldiers attacked dozens of Palestinians who marched against the escalating Israeli violations.

In Bethlehem, several Israeli occupation jeeps invaded Khirbat Tuqu’ area at the western entrance of Tuqu’ town, southeast of Bethlehem, leading to protests; many Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.

On Wednesday dawn, Israeli occupation soldiers abducted five Palestinians from several parts of the Ramallah governorate in the central occupied West Bank.

On Tuesday, Medical sources reported that Israeli occupation soldiers killed the Palestinian child, Mo’men Yassin Jaber, 16, and seriously injured another Palestinian, in Al-Khalil city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

On Tuesday dawn, Israeli occupation soldiers killed three Palestinians, Ibrahim Nabulsi, 30, Islam Sbouh, 22, and Hussein Taha, 16, in Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.