Israeli soldiers shot and injured a Palestinian child, on Saturday at night, in Surif village, northwest of Hebron.

A local source in Hebron reported that soldiers arrested Wa’ad Arafat Al Hadmi, 13, after firing at him, and took him to Kfar Atzion detention facility, north of Hebron.

The mother of Al Hadmi said that soldiers fired at her son while he was standing near Surif – Al Jab’a junction, north of the village.

Soldiers claimed that the child intended to hurl a Molotov cocktail at a military vehicle.