Soldiers Serious Injure A Palestinian With A Live Round In The Head In Gaza

09 Feb

4:09 PM

Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, said Israeli soldiers shot thirteen Palestinians with live rounds, including a young man who suffered a very serious head injury, after the army, stationed across the border fence, attacked protesters marching on their lands, in several parts of the coastal region.

Dr. al-Qedra said the soldiers shot the young man with a live round in his head, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the coastal region, causing a life-threatening injury.

He added that the young man was rushed to surgery at the Shifa hospital, in Gaza city, and remains in a life-threatening condition.

The soldiers also fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at dozens of protesters, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region, in addition to east of Gaza city, and near Erez (Beit Hanoun) Crossing, in northern Gaza.

Eyewitnesses said Israeli sharpshooters were deployed behind sand hills, and at military towers, across the border fence.

Furthermore, the soldiers shot five Palestinians with live fire, injured another with shrapnel from a concussion grenade, and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in several parts of the northern West Bank governorate of Nablus.

The soldiers also attacked dozens of nonviolent protesters in Ni’lin, Budrus and Bil’in villages, in the Ramallah and al-Biereh governorate, in central West Bank, causing many to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.

In addition, the army shot four Palestinians, in addition to causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation at the main entrance of al-Biereh city, in the Ramallah and al-Biereh governorate.