One Child Seriously Injured as Israeli Forces Attack Various Parts of the West Bank

20 October 2007

by Nisreen Qumsieh

One Palestinian child, Rania Mar'ey, 8, from Tulkarem, sustianed critical injuries after being shot by Israeli fire on Saturday.

Security sources reported that the military randomly opened fire during an invasion of Tulkarem, seriously wounding the child. The girl was transferred to a local hospital, where her condition remains criticial.

In related news, Israeli military forces invaded several houses and stores in the northern West Bank city of Jenin in the early hours of Saturday morning, ransacking homes and detaining residents.

Elsewhere, one Palestinain man was injured near Husam village, located near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, after being attacked by Israeli settlers.

Security sources reported that a group from the Bitar settlement attacked Ameen Hamamra, 33, as he passed the settlement.