A Palestinian teenager has been wounded by Israeli forces’ gunfire during a raid on the town of Bani Naim, east of Hebron in the southern Occupied West Bank, while 32 Palestinians were arrested, according to medical sources and eyewitnesses.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said on Thursday in a statement that its teams transferred a 16-year-old boy to a hospital after he was shot in the chest with live ammunition during the raid.
Israeli occupation forces stormed Bani Naim with several military vehicles and opened heavy fire with live ammunition, wounding the teenager, eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency.
In a separate development, Israeli forces arrested at least 32 Palestinians during widespread raids across occupied West Bank cities and towns on Thursday, according to the Prisoners’ Media Office.
The nongovernmental group said the arrests targeted several former prisoners and young men, and were accompanied by home raids, searches, vandalism of belongings and field interrogations of residents.
The arrests were concentrated in Hebron province, where 13 Palestinians were detained in the town of Beit Ummar, north of the city.
The remaining arrests took place in Bethlehem in the south, Qalqilya, Tubas and Tulkarem in the north, and occupied Jerusalem, the group said.
The West Bank has seen escalating Israeli occupation forces and illegal settlers’ attacks since October 2023.
According to official Palestinian figures, the attacks have killed 1,179 Palestinians and wounded nearly 13,000 others, while around 24,000 Palestinians have been arrested.
