BETHLEHEM: A young man was critically wounded on Friday night after being shot by Israeli occupation forces at the northern entrance to the city of Bethlehem, according to security sources.

Sources told WAFA the occupation forces stationed in the military tower near the northern entrance to Bethlehem, opened fire at a Palestinian young man, and seriously wounding him.

The director of ambulance and emergency services at the Palestine Red Crescent, Bethlehem branch, Abdul Halim Jaafra said the ambulance crews dealt with the injury of a young man who was shot by live ammunition in the feet.

Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA