On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and attacked many homes before injuring and abducting several Palestinians.
Media sources said several Israeli military jeeps invaded the Um Rokba area in town, before firing live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades, in addition to attacking many homes and assaulting several Palestinians.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the soldiers shot a young man with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the shoulder, another man with a gas bomb in the shoulder, and a young woman with a concussion grenade in the arm.
The PRCS added that the soldiers assaulted a young man with their fists, batons, and weapons, causing various cuts and bruises to several parts of his body, before he was rushed to a hospital.
The soldiers also caused many Palestinians to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation and assaulted many residents in several neighborhoods of the town.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Fawwaz Ali Khader Salah, 57, after storming his home and assaulting him, along with his wife and their sons, Khaled and Mohammad.
Also on Wednesday, Israeli forces killed Fayez Fawaz Abu Amer, 31, in the city of Tubas, and four others in the town of Tammun, southeast of the city in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank.
In related news, Israeli soldiers carried out the demolition of four residences, a tent, and two facilities in the Masafer Yatta area, located south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part.
On Wednesday morning, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers stole at least 200 sheep from Palestinian Bedouins in the Ras Al-Awja community, north of Jericho, in the northeastern West Bank.
Also, Israeli bulldozers demolished five Palestinian homes, a gas station, and a carwash facility in the At-Tour town, located to the east of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank.
