JERUSALEM, A Palestinian teenager identified as Mohammad Rajab Abu Qteish, 16, was shot and injured this evening by Israeli occupation forces in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, according to local sources.

Israeli media reports said Israeli police officers opened gunfire at the teenager, 16, and critically injured him inside a football pitch in the neighborhood, claiming that the teenager had stabbed an Israeli settler a few minutes earlier.

An eyewitness said, “There was a training for sports paramedics in the stadium. We were surprised when an [Israeli] policeman entered the stadium and shot a teenager. We tried to provide him with first aid, but the policeman threatened to shoot us if we approached, then a large force of the Israeli police arrived and forced us out.”

Videos shared on the social media showed the teenager lying down helplessly after being shot and injured, without being provided with first aid.

Source: Palestine News and Info Agency