[Wednesday Evening, December 4, 2013] A young Palestinian man was shot and severely wounded by Israeli army fire, Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem have reported.The sources stated that the young man was heavily bleeding, and was moved to the Beit Jala Governmental Hospital, in the city.

Also on Wednesday evening, soldiers kidnapped a young Palestinian man in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem.

Local sources said that clashes took place in the area, and that dozens of soldiers invaded the Bab Majles area, kidnapping Eid Qous, the brother of Majid Qous, who heads of Jerusalem Office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society.

The soldiers broke into and searched several homes in the area, amidst rising tension.