JERUSALEM, May 1, 2011 (WAFA)- Israeli Forces Sunday beat and moderately injured two Palestinian workers near Bethany, east of Jerusalem, according to relatives.

The two Palestinians, one 18 years and the other 26, residents of the village of Al-Obediya, east of Bethlehem, were apparently trying to get to Jerusalem to work when an Israeli border guard patrol spotted them.

The father of the 18-year-old said that the border guards had severely beaten his son and the other worker when they were near the separation wall dividing Bethany from Jerusalem. They were on their way to look for work in Jerusalem, he said.

The two were transferred to Beit Jala hospital for treatment.

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