Israeli Forces Wound Palestinian Near Salfit After Alleged Knife Attack
Key Takeaways
- Palestinian wounded by Israeli gunfire near Salfit.
- Occurred in the Salfit area of the West Bank.
- Israeli forces conducted gunfire in the area.
Salfit: Wounding Near Wall
A Palestinian was wounded by Israeli gunfire near Salfit, according to وكالة سبأ.
“The year 2022 ends, leaving behind a deadly human toll”
The report said Israeli forces opened fire on him, accusing him of attempting a knife attack near the city of Salfit, in the northern occupied West Bank.
It added that Palestinian sources said Israeli soldiers fired at a young man near Deir Istiya, west of Salfit.
The وكالة سبأ account said no further details were available regarding the health status of the wounded Palestinian.
In a separate WAFA report, a Palestinian youth was shot and injured on Thursday by Israeli occupation forces’ gunfire in Deir Ballut town, west of Salfit.
WAFA said the young man was hit with live ammunition in the foot near the separation wall, built on the town’s lands.
WAFA also reported that Israeli soldiers prevented ambulance crews from reaching the injured youth and detained him at the scene.
The WAFA story said no information was available on his health condition so far.
Hebron: Gunfire Injury
Another incident described in the West Bank involved gunfire west of Hebron, reported by وكالة شهاب الإخبارية.
The outlet said Israeli occupation forces fired live ammunition at a young man in the town of ترقوميا, west of الخليل, during the evening of Saturday.
It specified that the injured man was 36 years old and from the town of بيت أولا, north west of الخليل.
وكالة شهاب الإخبارية said the injury was caused by live bullets in his leg, after soldiers opened fire on him near the separation wall and the expansion of what it called “the expansion of the discriminatory settlement” on citizens’ lands in ترقوميا.
The report said the injured man was transferred to مستشفى الهلال الأحمر بمدينة الخليل.
It described his injury as “متوسطة,” meaning moderate.
The same page also listed other injury and detention items in its live feed, including references to injuries near the separation wall and other incidents, but the Hebron item itself focused on the ترقوميا shooting and the man’s age and medical classification.
The report did not provide further details beyond the medical description and the location of the shooting near the wall.
Gaza Toll Since Oct 7
Beyond individual incidents in the West Bank, وكالة الانباء والمعلومات الفلسطينية | West Asian (WAFA) published a running tally of deaths and injuries in Gaza.
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The WAFA agency account said that “The toll of the Israeli occupation's aggression in the Gaza Strip has risen to 72,070 martyrs and 171,738 injured since the aggression began on October 7, 2023.”
It also said that medical sources reported that “the total number of people who have reached hospitals in the Gaza Strip over the past 48 hours to date is: one martyr and 10 injured.”
The same report added that “a number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, as ambulance and rescue teams have not been able to reach them yet.”
WAFA further stated that “the total number of martyrs since the ceasefire of October 11 has risen to 612,” and that “the total number of injured stands at 1,640.”
It also reported that “726 bodies have been found.”
The Gaza tally was framed as a consequence of the aggression that began on October 7, 2023, and it emphasized the inability of ambulance and rescue teams to reach some victims.
The report did not attribute specific strikes to specific dates in its tally, but it anchored the numbers to the start date and the ceasefire date it named.
West Bank: Day of Anger
A broader pattern of clashes after Friday prayers was described in Chronique de Palestine, under the label “Day of Anger.”
The outlet said Israeli occupation forces opened fire with a volley of tear gas grenades, rubber-coated steel bullets, and live ammunition during clashes that erupted after Friday prayers in towns, villages, and refugee camps across various districts of the West Bank.
In the Ramallah District, it said a march began from Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah, in solidarity with the hunger-striking Palestinians, and that Israeli forces fired tear gas grenades and live rounds at the protesters, wounding three Palestinians.
Chronique de Palestine also said residents of Nabi Saleh told Ma’an that Israeli forces were firing at the protesters with bullets known as 'tutu', normally banned, which explode upon contact with the body.
It added that Palestinian Red Crescent sources said a youth was wounded in the head by a tear gas grenade while two others were injured in the legs by explosive bullets.
The same account described clashes near Ofer prison and at the northern entrance of Silwad, east of Ramallah, and it said witnesses reported three Palestinians wounded with rubber-coated bullets.
At Qalandiya checkpoint, linking Ramallah to East Jerusalem, Chronique de Palestine said Israeli forces dispersed a solidarity march with live fire and rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding four by gunfire and two by rubber bullets.
The Chronique de Palestine account also described Hebron District clashes, including Israeli forces opening fire on a solidarity tent in the Al-Arrub refugee camp and residents throwing stones at Israeli soldiers firing tear gas.
Longer War: 2023 Deaths
The outlet said that “The year 2023 has just begun, and yet the Israeli army has already taken the lives of more than 161 Palestinians.”
It then gave a sequence of specific incidents, including that on May 30, 2023, Israeli occupation forces invaded the city of Jenin and assassinated Ashraf Ibrahim, a 38-year-old Palestinian, while eight Palestinians were wounded and six others were captured.
It also said that on May 26, 2023, Ala’ Khalil Qaisiyya (26) was killed by an Israeli guard in an illegal settlement in Hebron.
The account listed multiple assassinations during an incursion into the Balata refugee camp near Nablus on May 22, 2023, naming Mohammad Bilal Zeitoun (32), Fathi Jihad Abdul-Salem Rezeq (30), and Abdullah Yousef Mohammad Abu Hamdan (24).
It further said that on May 15, 2023, Saleh Sabra (22) was assassinated with a live round to the chest during the assault on the Askar refugee camp in the city of Nablus.
The outlet also described killings in Gaza, including that on May 12, 2023, Mohammad Walid Abdul-Al (33) and Eyad Al-Hasani (51) were assassinated by an Israeli missile during the Israeli assault on Gaza.
The account continued with more named victims and dates, including deaths in Khan Younis and in the northern Gaza Strip, and it anchored the narrative to the year 2023’s toll.
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