Palestinian shot by Israeli soldier near military checkpoint south of East Jerusalem
Israeli media says injured Palestinian was in critical condition
Israeli forces
JERUSALEM/ISTANBUL
A Palestinian was shot by an Israeli soldier near a military checkpoint south of East Jerusalem on Thursday evening, Israeli police said.
A police statement said an army soldier, who was off duty, got off a public bus and opened fire toward Palestinians, injuring one.
No injuries were reported among Israeli forces.
The condition of the injured Palestinian was not clear, but Israel’s public broadcaster KAN said he was in critical condition.
The attack came as the army continued a large-scale military operation in the northern West Bank since Wednesday.
Alongside the two-year war in Gaza, where nearly 70,000 people have been killed, assaults by the army and illegal settlers in the West Bank have killed at least 1,083 Palestinians and injured about 11,000, while more than 20,500 have been detained, according to official Palestinian figures.
In a landmark opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
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