Israeli forces raided al-Issawiya in northeastern Jerusalem amid a dispute between neighbors and indiscriminately opened fire, shooting 52-year-old Fatima Muhmoud Obied in the eye with a rubber-coated steel bullet, according to member of follow-up committee in al-Issawiya Muhammad Abu al-Hummus.
Fatima's husband Rajab Obeid said that his wife had been sitting with their daughter and son in-law on their balcony, when he heard Fatima suddenly scream after being shot.
Rajab said that his wife was transferred to Israel's Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem, where doctors informed them that Fatima lost sight in her left eye, and that she would require surgery for fractures in her skull caused by the bullet wound.
Rights groups have routinely condemned Israeli authorities for their use of excessive force against Palestinians with weapons such as rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas that often result in serious, sometimes fatal, injuries.
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23 April 2017 - 14:56
News ID: 825492
(AhlulBayt News Agency) - A Palestinian woman was critically injured and lost sight in her left eye after being shot by a rubber-coated steel bullet, when Israeli forces violently raided her neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem to disperse a local dispute Saturday night.
