At least 10 Palestinians were injured on Thursday in violent clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in al-Duheisheh refugee camp south of Bethlehem province.
Reporting from the city a PIC news correspondent said heavily-armed Israeli forces rolled into al-Duheisheh camp in a Benz car at 07:00 a.m. shortly before dozens of Israeli soldiers cordoned off residential neighborhoods. Moments later army patrols showed up in the area and kidnapped 23-year-old Palestinian youth Maali Maali.
Fierce clashes burst out across the camp where the Israeli patrols attacked Palestinian anti-occupation youth with randomly-unleashed live rounds rubber bullets and teargas canisters.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said 10 Palestinians were left injured by the occupation forces in the clashes seven among them after they were shot with live ammunition in their lower body parts.
A Palestinian youth was rushed to an operating room after a bullet penetrated his back leaving him seriously wounded.
At the same time three Palestinian young men were hit with rubber bullets.
The 10 injured protesters were evacuated to the Beit Jala public hospital in private cars after ambulances were prevented from reaching the scene.
Beit Jala medics and paramedics appealed for urgent blood donation to save the injured Palestinians who had been left bleeding at the confrontations scene for so long.
