Medics: Teenager lightly injured in Nablus village

Ma'an
A young Palestinian man was reported injured Saturday afternoon in clashes south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

Medics said Adham Qadus, 19, was struck in the hand by a rubber-coated bullet when Israeli forces opened fire in the village of Iraq Burin. He was transferred to a Nablus hospital with moderate to light injuries, medics said.

Several others choked on tear gas fired by Israeli forces operating in the area, but their light injuries were treated in the field, medics said.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said soldiers dispersed a small gathering in the area without incident.

The forces were called in when a group of Palestinians arrived near Bracha, an illegal settlement adjacent to the village, and the army was asked to intervene over concerns the gathering could turn violent, she added.

The young man reportedly injured in Saturday's incident shares the same family name as two Nablus teenagers killed last week. Useid Qadus, 16, was shot in the head by Israeli forces and Muhammad Qadus, also 16, died of a wound to the chest, medics said.

The Israeli military originally said its forces opened fire with riot-control means to disperse a violent riot, but announced Monday evening that it would investigate the shooting deaths that soldiers claim were the result of rubber-coated bullets.

Human rights advocates and medical officials say the Israeli Border Guard forces used live ammunition, pointing to photographs and an X-ray showing wounds they say are inconsistent with rubber-coated bullets... Full story

[Iraq Burin is a tiny, hill-top farming village; Israeli settlers are steadily confiscating its land.]

More information on death:
http://www.popularstruggle.org/content/second-youth-iraq-burin-dies-overnight