Teenager injured by live Israeli army bullets as soldiers raid several West Bank areas

TUBAS: A 17-year-old teenager was shot and injured by Israeli soldiers early this morning during an army raid of the town of Aqaba, north of the Jordan Valley city of Tubas, according to medical sources, as soldiers raided several West Bank towns and villages. They said the teenager was shot in the neck and taken to the Turkish Hospital in Tubas for treatment. The soldiers raided Aqaba during which confrontations broke out in the town. The soldiers also detained two people, including a 19-year-old university student, and another man in order to force his son to turn himself to the army. Meanwhile, sources reported several early morning Israeli army raids in the West Bank and the detention of people. Soldiers raided the village of Burqa, northwest of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and imposed a curfew on the village for several hours, according to Palestinian security sources. They said the soldiers broke into and searched several homes in the village, ransacking them, and held several people, bli ndfolded, inside one of the homes as they were interrogated on the spot. The Israeli occupation forces closed all entrances to the village, declared a curfew in it for several hours, and raised the occupation flags on one of the houses. Raids were also reported in Hebron, where two people were detained, and in Za'atara, east of Bethlehem, where three people were detained after raiding and ransacking their family homes. Soldiers also raided the city of Jenin and its refugee camp for several hours, causing havoc and damage to property, including damaging an electricity power pole causing a blackout in some areas, while provoking confrontations with the youths. A raid was also conducted in the Jenin-area town of al-Jalama, where nine people were rounded up. Raids were also reported in the town of Bir Zeit, and Deir Ammar refugee camp in the Ramallah area, where residents said the army vehicles paraded through the area before leaving them. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA