Israeli forces shoot Palestinian near Nablus

Israeli forces critically wounded a Palestinian this morning at the entrance of the village of Huwwara in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus after an alleged stab attack, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources.

Medical staff are seen helping a Palestinian after being shot by Israeli forces

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli soldier with a screwdriver at the checkpoint near Huwwara, and that the soldier “responded to the immediate threat with live fire.” The spokesperson added that the wounded Palestinian was evacuated to the Rabin Medical Centre in the city of Petah Tikva in southern Israel.

The spokesperson said they were not aware of the severity of the youth’s injuries, however Israeli news outlet Ynet reported that the Palestinian was in a “critical” condition.

Palestinian Red Crescent emergency department head Ahmad Jibril later identified the Palestinian as 32-year-old Muhammad Amr from the city Tulkarem, and added that Amr was first attended to by the Nablus Red Crescent team before being taken by an Israeli army ambulance.

Abdullah Abu Salim, 43, a merchant from Huwwara, told Ma’an at the scene that he and two of his friends “saw [Amr] attempting to cross the road in Huwwara before being shot at by an Israeli soldier who then took out a knife and threw it next to the youth.”