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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian man during clashes in al-Duheisha refugee camp in the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem on Wednesday morning.

Locals told Ma'an that Israeli troops raided the camp and sealed shops that allegedly sold fireworks.

Clashes broke out during the military raid, during which an al-Duheisha resident identified as Raed al-Salihi was shot and injured.

Al-Salihi’s brother, identified by the Palestinian Prisoner's Society as Bassam Ibrahim al-Salihi, was detained during the raid, the locals said, adding that Israeli soldiers ransacked several homes in the camp and delivered summons to several young men for them to be interrogated by Israeli intelligence services.

An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed to Ma’an that one Palestinian was detained in al-Duheisha, but said they would look into reports of an injury.

Israeli raids in Palestinian towns, villages, and refugee camps are a daily occurrence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, with a biweekly average of 95 search and detention raids carried out over the course of 2016, according to UN documentation.

Israeli forces have routinely been criticized by Palestinian leaders and rights groups for the use of “excessive force” and live ammunition during raids and clashes with Palestinians, in incidents that did not warrant a violent response.