Israeli army shoots, injures Palestinian near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian youth was shot and injured by Israeli forces during clashes in Nabi Saleh village in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, according to local residents.

“Ezz al-Tamimi, 21, was wounded after a bullet fired by the Israeli army struck his chest,” Basel Tamimi, a local resident, told Anadolu Agency.

He said the violence erupted after Israeli forces raided the village, north of Ramallah city.

“The Israeli army prevented Palestinian medical teams from providing treatment to the injured and took him to an unknown destination,” he said.

Early this morning, dozens of Israeli soldiers stormed the villages of Nabi Saleh and Beit Rima to arrest “wanted” Palestinians.

The Israeli army frequently carries out sweeping arrest campaigns across the occupied West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians.

Tension has been running high across the occupied Palestinian territories since the United States relocated its embassy last month from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, which was occupied by Israel in 1967 and represents the heart of the decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Since March, at least 123 Palestinians have been martyred and thousands injured by Israeli gunfire during anti-occupation protests in the Gaza Strip.