TUBAS, Monday, March 8, 2021 (WAFA) – A Palestinian youth who was not identified was shot and seriously injured by the Israeli army during a raid of the city of Tubas in the north of the West Bank, according to medical sources.
They said that the youth was shot in the thigh and brought to hospital in the city after suffering serious bleeding. He was reported in moderate to serious condition.
Reports said soldiers raided Tubas during the early morning hours in a search-and-arrest campaign. City youths clashed with them. The soldiers opened live fire as well as fired teargas and rubber bullets at the youths, injuring one in the thigh.
The soldiers attempted to stop the Palestinian ambulance transporting the injured youth to hospital to arrest him, said the reports, but the ambulance crew was able to keep him and took him to hospital in Tubas.
The soldiers left the city after detaining at least one resident.
M.K.
