Two Injured by Israeli Fire in Qalqilya, Settler Shoots Man Near Hebron

Two Palestinians, including a 14-year-old boy, were wounded by live ammunition fired by Israeli forces during an operation in the West Bank city of Qalqilya on Wednesday evening. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society confirmed its teams in Qalqilya were treating a child with a live bullet wound to the thigh during the Israeli military's incursion into the city. Medical personnel transported the boy to the hospital for further treatment. Local sources reported that two individuals sustained injuries from Israeli gunfire amidst confrontations in Qalqilya.

In a separate incident on Wednesday evening, a Palestinian man was shot and injured in the thigh by a settler in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron. Local sources stated that the settler pursued a group of workers near the Umm Qassah area as they were heading to their jobs and opened fire on them. Ambulance crews transported the injured man to a nearby hospital for treatment.