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Israeli forces shoot Palestinian in Hebron

May 4, 2017 at 6:45 pm

Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron on 4 May 2017. [Ma’an]

Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron this morning, Israeli police said.

Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Al-Samri said in a statement that Israeli forces shot a Palestinian resident of Hebron who is in his twenties.

The man was injured and has been transferred to Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem for treatment and remains under police custody as part of an investigation into the incident.

A spokesperson for Hadassah told Ma’an that the Palestinian had arrived to the hospital shortly before 10am with a shot to the waist. She added that the Palestinian youth was in a stable condition and conscious.

Al-Samri later added that the border police officer who had shot the Palestinian had been questioned as part of the investigation.

Locals told Ma’an that Israeli forces closed the entrance to the nearby Salayma neighbourhood with an iron gate following the shooting.