Israeli forces shot and injured two Palestinian young men, on Friday, including one seriously, near the Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank.

Media sources said that occupation soldiers positioned in the military tower at the entrance to the Al-Arroub refugee camp, on Friday afternoon, and opened fire at two young men while they were riding motorcycles near the camp.

Sources added that a 23-year-old man was seriously injured after soldiers shot him twice with live ammunition, once in the chest and once in the leg; he was rushed to the Al-Mezan Hospital in Hebron for treatment.

Additionally, soldiers shot and moderately injured a 20-year-old man in the arm with live ammunition; he was transported to the Alia Governmental Hospital in Hebron for treatment.

Meanwhile, south of Hebron, Israeli forces injured several Palestinian citizens after invading the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, on Friday afternoon.

Media sources said that occupation soldiers stormed several neighborhoods in the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, on Friday afternoon, while firing live rounds and tear gas canisters at citizens and their homes, causing many of them to suffer inhalation injuries from tear gas exposure.


In related news, the army invaded, on Friday afternoon, the town of Al-Khader, west of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank.

Media sources said that occupation forces fired concussion grenades and tear gas canisters at Palestinian citizens and their homes; no injuries were reported.