RAMALLAH, Israeli occupation forces injured two Palestinians on Saturday evening in the town of Beit Ummar, in the West Bank province of Hebron, and physically assaulted a third one in a separate incident in the town of Deir Ballout, in Salfit province, according to local sources.

In Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, Israeli soldiers shot and injured two Palestinians with rubber-coated bullets during confrontations that erupted between Israeli army and local Palestinian residents.

WAFA correspondent said the confrontations broke out following an attack by Israeli settlers on defenseless Palestinian civilians near the town. No injuries were reported in the attack.

Meantime, Israeli occupation forces brutally assaulted a Palestinian civilian while he was trying to pass an Israeli checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Deir Ballout, in the West Bank province of Salfit, said the mayor of the town, Samir Nemer.

Source: Palestine News & Info Agency