26 February 2013 - 12:51

A Palestinian child, aged 13, sustained serious wounds during violent clashes on Monday between Palestinian young men and Israeli soldiers near Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque in Bethlehem city.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - According to local sources, the child, Mohamed Al-Kurdi, was admitted to the operating room in Beit Jala hospital after he sustained life-threatening injuries in his back, liver and one of his feet.

They said the boy was shot with two live bullets from a silenced gun.

Another young man was also shot with live ammunition and suffered an injury described as bad in one of his feet during the clashes.

During the events, the young men hurled stones at the soldiers and torched a military tower near the entrance to Aida refugee camp.
 
Al-Khalil city also saw similar clashes in Bab Al-Zawiya and at the entrance to Al-Arroub refugee camp, while sporadic confrontations took place at the entrance of Beit Ainun that leads to Sa'eir town, the birthplace of slain prisoner Arafat Jaradat, whose death at the hands of Israeli interrogators a few days ago triggered widespread angry reactions in the occupied Palestinian lands.

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