Israeli soldiers injured, on Wednesday evening, several Palestinians during protests in ā€˜Aseeda area in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the town and attacked Palestinian protesters with a barrage of gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets.

They added that several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, in addition to cuts and bruises.

The Palestinians were protesting the death of a child, identified as Mohammad Moayyad al-Allami, 11, who was shot by the soldiers after they opened fire at his father’s car while driving in Abu Toaq area, at the entrance of Beit Ummar.

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