Young Man Injured, Four Others Detained by Israeli Forces in Hebron

Hebron: A Palestinian man was injured and at least four others were detained on Friday as Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of incursions across the Hebron governorate, south of the occupied West Bank. According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, local and security sources reported that a man was shot in the leg near the Israeli segregation surrounding the town of Beit Ula, west of Hebron. After being detained for several hours, he was handed over to Palestinian Red Crescent crews at a military checkpoint near al-Dhahiriya, south of Hebron, and transferred to a local hospital. His condition was described as moderate. Israeli occupation forces also stormed the town of Dura, south of Hebron, where they detained a Palestinian youth after beating him and members of his family while ransacking their home. Another youth was also detained from Hebron city. In Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, media activist Mohammad Awad reported that Israeli forces detained two Palestinians, including 16-ye ar-old Malek Abu Maria, after raiding and searching their homes along with several others in the town. Israeli forces further erected multiple military checkpoints at the entrances of Hebron, its towns, villages, and refugee camps, closing several main and side roads with iron gates, concrete blocks, and earth mounds.