4 Palestinian casualties in confrontations with Israeli forces in Silwad

Four Palestinians were injured in confrontations with Israeli forces in Silwad village to the North of Ramallah. Eyewitnesses said that Israeli soldiers were deployed at the Western entrance of the village and showered young men with live and rubber bullets in addition to teargas grenades, PIC reported. They said that a young man was hit by sniper fire in his foot and was transferred to Ramallah government hospital while three others were treated for gas inhalation, adding that an Israeli soldier was also hurt in the violent confrontations and taken away in a military ambulance.