Israeli occupation forces shoot two Palestinian children in Nablus, Hebron

Two Palestinian children were shot and injured by Israeli occupation soldiers today during two separate incidents in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, and in the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources. In Beit Ummar, an Israeli military incursion triggered confrontations between the Israeli occupation forces and local protesters. According to local media activist Mohammad Awad, the forces fired live ammunition at civilians during the confrontations. The gunfire resulted in the injury of a 16-year-old boy who was shot twice in the legs, Awad added. The wounded child was promptly transported to hospital for medical treatment. Meanwhile, in a separate incident in the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus, a Palestinian child, aged 11, was struck by live Israeli ammunition shrapnel in the abdomen during confrontations between local residents and Israeli occupation forces accompanied by settlers. The child was swiftly taken to hospital for medical att ention. The confrontations in Burqa erupted as villagers mobilized to resist the incursion of colonial settlers, protected by the Israeli military, into an agricultural area in the village. Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA