Israeli army wounds a Palestinian near a settlement in the West Bank
Sunday April 27, 2008 16:33
by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC & Agencies

The Israeli army shot and wounded on Sunday morning a Palestinian resident when he approached a barbed wire security fence near the Israeli settlement of Elkana in the northern part of the West Bank.

An Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank/ archive photo
Eyewitness said the Israeli soldiers, manning the fence, opened fire at the resident's foot, shortly after they ordered him to stop. No further details were reported.