10 Year old Palestinian Child Yazan Mahmoud Al-‘Abed Injured By Army Fire in Ramallah

 Wednesday October 02, 2013 05:24 by IMEMC & Agencies

Tuesday October 1, 2013, Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian child was shot and injured by Israeli army fire at the entrance of the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.

File – Radio Bethlehem 2000

The sources said that the child, Yazan Mahmoud Al-‘Abed, 10, was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet.

Local sources said that clashes took place after dozens of Israeli soldiers tried to invade it; local youths threw stones at the soldiers who fired gas bombs, rubber-coated metal bullet and gas bombs.

Several residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.

The sources added that a Palestinian ambulance rushed to the refugee camp, but Israeli soldiers prevented the medical crew from reaching the wounded child.