Injured Palestinian among 11 detained in raids in the occupied territories

RAMALLAH, Israeli occupation forces today detained 11 Palestinians, including an injured youth, from various parts of the occupied territories, according to local and security sources.

They said that Israeli forces stormed the town of Silwad, near Ramallah, and detained four young men, including a 24-year-old youth whom they shot by live fire in his feet.

During the ensuing confrontations, the soldiers excessively fired live rounds, gas bombs, and concussion grenades toward the residents’ houses, and ransacked several houses, including the barbershop of one of the detainees.

In Salfit district, the sources confirmed a raid in Kifl Haris village, west of the city, leading to the detention of three others.

In Jerusalem, the heavily-armed police rounded up one of the Waqf-appointed guards of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

In the southern West Bank, the soldiers conducted a raid in Idna town, west of Hebron, resulting in the detention of another.

During the raid, the soldiers smashed the solar panels of a house.

They also detained two brothers from the Hebron city neighborhood of Jabal al-Rahma.

Also in the Hebron district, confrontations broke out as a military force barged its way into Beit Ummar town, north of the city.

The soldiers showered local youths attempting to block their passage by rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas canisters and stun grenades, hitting one by a round and causing dozens of others to suffocate.

Source: Palestine News & Info Agency

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