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QALQILIYA (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces shot and injured a young Palestinian man near the northern West Bank village of Azzun Itma on Monday, Israel's army said.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said that Israeli forces saw several Palestinians attempting to cross a fence in the northern West Bank, and, "once they identified the infiltrators, they operated in order to prevent them from crossing the fence by firing in their direction."

Israeli news site Ynet said that the man was moderately wounded in the shooting.

Israeli forces have killed at least 18 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 2013.

The Palestinian city of Qalqiliya is nearly completely surrounded by the Israeli separation wall, while checkpoints cut it off from most of the West Bank.

In 2004 the International Court of Justice ruled that the separation wall was illegal and "tantamount to annexation."

The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.

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QALQILYA, October 8, 2013 (WAFA) – Israeli soldiers Tuesday opened fire at two brothers near the northern West Bank town of Qalqilya, moderately injuring one and arresting the other, according to witnesses.

They said that an army patrol opened fire at the brothers who were trying to enter Israel to look for work injuring Rabi Hilal, 18, who was arrested along with his brother, Muhammad.

Initial reports said Hilal was shot when he attempted to enter the settlement of Shaari Tiqva, south of Qalqilya.

However, later reports said he was shot and injured when he failed to stop at an army checkpoint.

Hilal, who was unarmed, was transferred to an Israeli hospital in Petah Tiqva where he was reported in moderate conditions, according to Israeli reports.

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