BETHLEHEM, Sunday, February 26, 2023 (WAFA) – A Palestinian youth was Sunday evening shot by Israeli forces, who also detained a child, during confrontations in the town of Tuqu', southeast of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Tayseer Abu Mefreh, head of the Tuqu' municipality, told WAFA that confrontations broke out in the area of al-Shurafa, between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers, during which the latter fired bullets, sound bombs and toxic and tear gas bombs, injuring a 22-year-old Palestinian youth with a live bullet in his foot.
He added that the soldiers also detained a 15-year-old child after raiding his family's house in the said area.
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