Palestinian Left Quadriplegic by Israeli Army Fire

Arab World

January 2nd, 10:41am

Asharq Al-Awsat

A clash between Palestinians and Israeli troops in the West Bank. EPA file photo

A Palestinian man was paralyzed from the neck down after being shot by the Israeli army during Friday clashes in the West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. The man was shot through the neck, AFP quoted the ministry as saying in a statement. Palestinian sources had earlier reported the wounding of 24-year-old Haroun Rasmi Abu Aram in the village of Al-Tuwanah, south of Hebron. The man had been attempting to prevent the troops from "stealing an electric generator" that belonged to him, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Israeli rights group B'Tselem said Abu Aram was helping a neighbor to build a house at the time of the shooting. The Israeli army told AFP that a number of Palestinians had attacked its troops who were conducting a routine operation to evacuate an "illegal building" and had fired into the air in response. An investigation into the incident was under way, it added.

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