Minister of health Mai Kaila, condemned the Israeli army’s targeting and critically injuring of a Palestinian paramedic while he was attempting to provide aid to one of the injured in clashes that erupted in the old city of Nablus early today.
An Israeli army raid into the old city triggered violent confrontations, which saw the soldiers opening fire toward local youths who attempted to block their entry, injuring 35 people including two who sustained live ammunition injuries, six who sustained shrapnel injuries, one rubber-coated steel injury in addition to another who was hit by a tear gas canister in the head.
Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) medic, Hamza Abu Hajar, was hit by a live bullet in the back, causing him critical injuries.
Source: Palestine News and Information Agency