Local news agency WAFA reported that a Palestinian young man with special needs sustained was shot and injured by Israeli forces at the Container military checkpoint, near Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli soldiers manning the checkpoint opened gunfire at Omar Musa Shalaldeh, 25, a disabled young man with special needs, injuring him in the foot.
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Shalaldeh was rushed to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.
Israeli occupation forces have a long record of shooting or even killing Palestinian civilians under false security pretenses.
This article has been adapted from its original source.
