A US citizen instructed AFP he was shot by Israeli forces and wounded within the leg throughout a protest on Friday towards settlement growth within the occupied West Bank.
Palestinian medics reported {that a} international activist was shot throughout the demonstration within the city of Beita, whereas the Israeli navy stated it was trying into the incident.
The activist, who requested to make use of a pseudonym, Amado Sison, for safety considerations, stated he joined the rally to assist defend Palestinians.
“There was a demonstration and we were there to film, to make sure we have eyes on the (Israeli) occupation army,” he instructed AFP from hospital mattress within the northern West Bank metropolis of Nablus.
“At one point we ran away… and they shot me in the leg.”
Israeli troops have been “firing tear gas at us, live rounds,” Sison added.
As the Israeli pressure approached the protesters, “we ran into the olive groves and when I was running away they shot at us and it went through my leg”, he stated.
The Palestinian Red Crescent stated in an announcement that its crews have been “dealing with the injury of a 40-year-old foreign activist who was shot in the thigh with live ammunition during clashes with the occupation forces”.
It didn’t specify the activist’s nationality.
Foreign activists usually be a part of Palestinian protesters for near-weekly demonstrations towards settlement growth in Beita, stated one other international activist, who requested to not be named for safety considerations.
The activist, who attended Friday’s protest in Beita, instructed AFP that the one opposition got here from the Israeli military, with no Israeli civilians round.
“It was the official Israeli army that shot an American citizen,” she stated.
Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967 and constructed settlements which might be unlawful underneath worldwide regulation.
Excluding east Jerusalem, the territory is house to about three million Palestinians who dwell alongside some 490,000 Israeli settlers.
The European Union’s consultant workplace within the Palestinian territories stated earlier this month that Israel superior final 12 months the very best variety of West Bank settlements for the reason that Oslo Accords of the Nineties.
The West Bank has seen a surge in already heightened violence since battle broke out in October between Israel and Hamas within the Gaza Strip.
At least 617 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops or settlers within the West Bank since October 7, based on an AFP tally based mostly on Palestinian official figures.
At least 17 Israelis, together with troopers, have been killed by Palestinian assaults within the West Bank over the identical interval, based on Israeli official figures.
Source: www.anews.com.tr