Web Desk (July 23, 2018): Israeli soldiers have shot dead a Palestinian teenager and rounded up at least 11 others during an overnight raid in the occupied Wesk Bank.
Arkan Thaer Mizhar, 15, was shot in the chest in Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem, in the southern West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said on Monday.
A security source said that Israeli forces stormed the camp and conducted house raids. The soldiers fired live ammunition as well as tear gas and stun grenades.
15 years old arkan Thaer Mazhar ,from Dheisheh refugee camp in #Bethlehem, after the #Israeli forces shot him during the clashes that broke out in the refugee camp at dawn today pic.twitter.com/GJA4UogIxl
— TamerHalaseh (@TamerHalaseh) July 23, 2018
Two young Palestinian men were wounded and another two were arrested.
A medical source at Beit Jala Hospital confirmed that two young men were wounded by live ammunition in the foot, describing their condition as stable.
There are around 6,500 Palestinians in Israeli jails; 500 of whom are detained without charges under the administrative detention policy which allows Israel to detain a prisoner for up to six months, renewable indefinitely.
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