BETHLEHEM, January 4, 2025 (WAFA) – A Palestinian girl Friday evening sustained an injury in the course of an Israeli army raid in Tuqu‘ town, south of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to security sources.

They said that the occupation forces raided the town, simultaneously while firing live ammunition, tear gas and concussion bombs towards the residents’ houses.

They added that the shrapnel of live rounds penetrated the window of a house, injuring a girl in her eye.

The casualty was rushed to a nearby hospital.

Israeli occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for "wanted" Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.

These raids, which also take place in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.

Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.

K.F.