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by IMEMC News
Aug 21, 2023

Israeli occupation forces stormed, on Monday evening, the northern West Bank town of Beita, south of Nablus, and injured dozens of Palestinian young men, including one seriously, and abducted a physician, local sources reported.

On Monday evening, Israeli forces invaded, the town of Beita, south of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, sparking protests among local Palestinian youths.

A large army force, reinforced with sharpshooters, stormed the town and besieged a Palestinian-owned home, firing live rounds, rubber-coated steel rounds, and tear gas canisters at the youths who resisted the incursion.

According to Ahmed Jibril, the Director of Ambulance and Emergency at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Nablus, eight Palestinian young men were shot and injured with live rounds, while dozens suffered the toxic effects of tear gas inhalation.

Later the PRCS stated that of the eight young men who were shot with live ammunition, one was shot and seriously injured after soldiers shot him in the head.

Video footage of the young man, who was walking, with hands down, and posing no danger to the army, was shot in the head, falling down immediately, before being carried to an ambulance nearby.

It added that at least 50 young men sustained inhalation injuries. Another sources reported that one young man was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet.

Reports also said that occupation forces broke into and searched the home of Palestinian physician, Shahid Mualla, before abducting him.

A social media video shows soldiers detaining a Palestinian young man, identified as Nadeem Hamail, while there were no official media reports on the abduction.
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Unarmed Palestinian Shot in the Back During Israeli Security Operation in the West Bank

Israel Border Police were operating in Nablus and responding to stone throwing. The man was taken to hospital in critical condition, and five other Palestinians were wounded

by Hagar Shezaf
Aug 21, 2023

A Palestinian is in critical condition after being shot on Monday by Israeli security personnel in the West Bank.

According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the incident occurred in the West Bank village of Beita, near Nablus.

In a video recording the shooting, the victim can be seen walking down the street as he is shot in the back, despite being unarmed.

Israeli Border Police were operating in Beita at the time of the incident, attempting to apprehend a suspect. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the man was taken to a hospital in Nablus, where he has been listed as being in critical condition. Israeli Border Police say the incident is under review.

Israeli Border Police were operating in Beita at the time of the incident, attempting to apprehend a suspect. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the man was taken to a hospital in Nablus, where he has been listed as being in critical condition. Israeli Border Police say the incident is under review.
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Israel to Probe Shooting of Unarmed Palestinian in Back

Ameed Beni Shamsa was critically wounded when he was shot in the back by Border Police while attempting to help another injured person

by Hagar Shezaf
Aug 23, 2023 1:59 am IDT

The Israel Police unit responsible for investigating offenses by officers has opened a probe into the circumstances surrounding the shooting and injuring of an unarmed Palestinian in the back by Border Police Monday in the village of Beita.

The victim, Ameed Beni Shamsa, a 33-year-old father of five, was critically injured in the shooting.

Saeed Beni Shamsa, Ameed’s brother, told Haaretz that his brother was in the area because that is where is employed. He said eyewitnesses told him that his brother got out of his car to help someone who had been shot and injured a short time earlier and was then shot at himself. An undercover Border Police unit operating in the area had come to arrest a wanted person on the spot. The police said on Monday that "the circumstances of the case are being investigated."

Saeed Beni Shamsa said the family had yet to receive a reply to its request that Ameed be transferred to a hospital in Israel. His shooting was captured on video and circulated on social media.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health said Monday that in addition to the Beni Shamsa, five others were injured in the village by live fire. The Border Police reported that villagers threw cinderblocks and stones at the forces who responded by dispersing the demonstrators, including with the use of live fire, and acknowledged that they had caused injuries.