Israeli forces critically injure Palestinian man in occupied West Bank
Israeli army intensifies its deadly West Bank attacks as settlers rampage across Palestinian lands with impunity.
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story said Ammar Majed Hijazi was killed by Israeli forces, based on a statement by the Palestinian Health Ministry. Palestinian authorities later announced that Hijazi was still alive and hospitalised in critical condition.
Israeli forces have shot and critically wounded a Palestinian man north of Ramallah, the Palestinian Authority (PA) says, as Israel escalates its violence in the occupied West Bank in tandem with its genocidal war in Gaza.
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The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the victim on Sunday as Ammar Majed Hijazi, 34, from Nablus, and initially reported that he was killed. But the PA’s General Authority for Civil Affairs later said that he survived the shooting.
“The General Authority for Civil Affairs notes that the Israeli occupation authorities have retracted their earlier report of the martyrdom of young man Ammar Majed Hijazi,” the agency said.
“They have now confirmed that he was resuscitated after being wounded and is receiving treatment at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, where his condition is described as critical.”
Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency, said Hijazi was shot while driving a vehicle.
Separately, the Israeli military detained a child in the village of Mukhmas in the central West Bank on Sunday, according to Wafa.
Israeli soldiers and settlers have been intensifying their attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank with Israel expanding its settlements in the territory, which are illegal under international law.
Settlers, who assaulted a Palestinian family and injured a woman near Hebron on Sunday, have been emboldened by the far-right government and have been rampaging across Palestinian lands with impunity, often with the military’s backing, killing and injuring civilians and destroying their property.
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir this week approved the issuance of gun licences to Israelis in 18 additional settlements in the West Bank as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government pushes to expand illegal outposts that undermine prospects for a two-state solution.
