Palestinian youth seriously injured in Khader clashes

A Palestinian youth was seriously wounded in clashes with Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Khader village, west of Bethlehem, on Sunday evening.

Local sources said that IOF soldiers fired gas bombs at a demonstration in the village and one of them exploded in Ahmed Al-Shuweiki’s face.

They said that the 19-year-old youth suffered fractures in his skull and was carried in an ambulance to Beit Jala government hospital where his condition was described as “serious”.

Four other young men were injured with rubber-coated bullets fired by the soldiers while dozens suffered breathing problems due to the IOF extensive firing of teargas at the marchers and at local houses.