Israeli occupation forces raid northern East Jerusalem neighborhood, injure several people

A large Israeli occupation army force today raided Kufr Aqab neighborhood and Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem, where confrontations broke out and several people were injured, some critically, according to local and medical sources. Local sources said at least 30 army jeeps raided the neighborhood located beyond the apartheid barrier and the nearby Qalandia refugee camp accompanied by a bulldozer. Youths confronted the soldiers, who fired live bullets, rubber-coated metal bullets, and teargas canisters at them injuring at least 15 people, according to the Red Crescent. It said 10 people were shot with live bullets, one injured by a live bullet shrapnel to the face and chest, one shot by a rubber bullet in the eye, and three from beating. All were taken to hospitals in Ramallah. The Ministry of Health said four people were brought from Qalandia to Ramallah Medical Complex with critical injuries from live gunfire. The soldiers, said the sources, broke and destroyed several shops in the area and issued fines to cars parked on the main Ramallah-Jerusalem road. Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA