A Palestinian workman from the West Bank town of Araqah was injured on Wednesday when an Israeli soldier opened fire at him as he was trying to reach a workplace in the 1948 occupied lands (Israel).

According to local sources a worker identified as Ahmed Mohamed was injured in his leg by Israeli gunfire at a security fence near Barta’a town in the southwest of Jenin.

The worker who received medical assistance in a local hospital was trying to travel to a workplace inside Israel when he was shot at.

According to Israeli human rights group B’Tselem tens of thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank enter Israel every day for work but about a third has no choice but to risk entering without permits.

“They are caught between a rock and hard place: On one hand Israel issues permits sparingly based on arbitrarily chosen stringent criteria. On the other hand it prevents the development of an independent Palestinian economy by restricting imports exports industrial development and movement and by taking over land reserves and other Palestinian resources. This leaves Palestinians with no possibility to make a substantial living within the West Bank” B’Tselem said.

A Palestinian workman on Wednesday morning suffered bullet injuries when Israeli soldiers opened fire at him as he was trying to cross into Israel through the separation fence’s gate in Dhaher al-Abed village near Ya’bad town in Jenin.

Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that soldiers opened fire at a young worker in his 20s as he was trying to infiltrate into Israel from Dhaher al-Abed village.

They added that the young man suffered injuries in one of his feet and was subdued and taken by soldiers to the nearby checkpoint of Barta’a.

Many Palestinian workmen suffered injuries in recent weeks as they were trying to cross into Israel through gates in the separation wall or fence in the West Bank after they failed to obtain work permits from the Israeli occupation authority.

A Palestinian worker on Thursday morning suffered bullet injuries when Israeli soldiers opened fire at him near the separation wall’s gate in Dhaher al ‘Abed village near Ya’bad town in Jenin.

Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a workman suffered bullet injuries in his lower extremities during his attempt to enter through the wall’s gate in order to reach his workplace in the 1948 occupied lands (Israel).

They added that the soldiers took the wounded citizen to the Barta’a checkpoint without providing further details about his fate and the severity of his injuries.

Many Palestinian workmen were injured during the past days as they were trying to cross into Israel through gates in the separation wall of the West Bank after they failed to obtain work permits from the Israeli occupation authority.