Several Palestinian citizens were injured on Tuesday during a raid by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the center of the West Bank city of al-Khalil.
Local sources reported that six Palestinian citizens were wounded after IOF soldiers fired live bullets and rubber-coated metal bullets at Palestinians in the Bab al-Zawiya area in the center of al-Khalil.
Meanwhile three Palestinian young men were injured and scores suffered breathing problems during clashes that erupted between Palestinian youths and IOF soldiers at the northern entrance of al-Khalil.
Moreover a Palestinian young man was injured in the foot by the IOF live bullets at the northern entrance of the West Bank city of al-Bireh.
Furthermore a Palestinian young man was injured by the IOF live bullets in the thigh during clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers at the entrance of Aida camp north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem according to security sources.
In a related development two Palestinian young men were injured after Israeli police fired tear gas bombs and stun grenades in addition to live bullets at Palestinian citizens in Biddu town northwest of Jerusalem.
According to medical sources the two young men sustained stable wounds in the thigh by the IOF explosive “Tutu” live bullets.
In another development the Palestinian young man Mohammad Issa from Biddu town was detained for a few hours while he was at his workplace in Rafat town northwest of Jerusalem.
In addition Israeli police detained 17-year-old Arafat Barqan after storming his family’s home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood according to local sources.
Moreover Israeli soldiers arrested the Palestinian citizen Antar Adwan 42 after storming his house in Azzun village east of the West Bank city of Qalqilya.
In a separate incident IOF soldiers set up mound blocks at the entrances leading to the main road of the Huwara town south of the West Bank city of Nablus in a bid to tighten the siege imposed on Nablus for 15 days.
Furthermore extremist Jewish settlers hurled stones at Palestinian citizens north of Einabous village south of Nablus according to local sources.
Since the 11th of October Israeli soldiers have been setting up military checkpoints and mound blocks at Nablus entrances imposing restrictions on the movement of Palestinian citizens in and out of several towns of the governorate and between those towns and Nablus city.
