Date: 28 / 01 / 2008 Time: 16:17
The body of Qusay Al-Afandi, killed by
Israeli forces on Monday
Bethlehem - Ma'an - The Israeli army withdrew from the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday evening, leaving one civilian dead and seven others injured. One resistance fighter was also seized.
Qusay Al-Afandi, a seventeen year-old from Duheisha refugee camp, died from bullet wounds sustained in clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli military forces during the incursion.
Israeli forces invaded the southern West Bank city on Monday afternoon in a rare daylight incursion.
Medical sources reported that nineteen-year-old Abdulkareem al-Atrash, from Duheisha refugee camp, was shot in the head with a rubber-coated steel bullet. The source added that Yousef Abu Srour, from Aida refugee camp was wounded in his leg, in addition to twenty-nine-year-old Salem Al-'Orouj, from nearby Tiqua village who was wounded by live ammunition that penetrated his knee as he was walking home from work.
Thirteen-year-old Mohammad Za'areer was hit with a live bullet in his head and a rubber-coated steel bullet in his arm. His condition was described as serious but stable after surgery in Beit Jala hospital, according to the medical source.
Witnesses reported that a number of Israeli military jeeps, bulldozers and armored vehicles entered the area amid gunfire, tear gas and sound grenades. Israeli soldiers blocked a number of roads and broke into Palestinian houses.
A confrontation ensued between the invading Israeli soldiers and approximately 100 stone-throwing youths in Bethlehem's Al-Madbasa area. Shots were fired by the Israeli forces, and five Palestinians have been injured, medics said.
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