RAMALLAH, Saturday, January 02, 2021 (WAFA) - Haroun Abu Aram, 24, who was yesterday shot at point-blank by Israeli occupation forces and critically injured in the village of al-Tuwanah, in Masafer Yatta in the south the occupied West Bank, has become a quadriplegic, according to the Ministry of Health.

Witnesses told WAFA that soldiers shot Abu Aram at point-blank with a live bullet as he attempted to prevent the soldiers from stealing his power generator, critically injuring him in the neck.

The Ministry of Health later said that the bullet hit Abu Aram’s neck damaging his nerves and spine and causing him paralysis in all four limbs.

M.K.