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Mohammad Al-Azza rests in the hospital the morning after being shot in the face with a rubber-coated steel bullet by Israeli forces in Aida Refguee Camp. Beit Jala, West Bank, April 9, 2013. Al-Azza underwent two surgeries to remove the bullet, which lodged in his cheek below his right eye and fractured his skull. He is expected to make a full recovery. (photo by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)
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by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Bethlehem, Monday April 8, 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian cameraman was shot in the face, on Monday evening, by a rubber-coated metal bullet, in the Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A photographer from Bethlehem is in a stable condition after being shot in the face by Israeli forces with a rubber-coated steel bullet on Monday, medics said.

Muhammad al-Azza, 23, was shot in Aida refugee camp while covering clashes between youths and Israeli forces. He was taken to the Arab Society Hospital in Beit Jala and underwent surgery on his face.

Medics said al-Azza, who works at the Lajee Center in Aida camp, is in a stable condition.