A Palestinian photojournalist was injured by Israeli gunfire on Friday in the occupied West Bank city of Al-Bireh, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
WAFA correspondent said Mutasem Saqf el-Heit, a freelance photojournalist, was injured in the chest with a rubber-coated round shot at him by Israeli soldiers at the entrance to Al-Bireh.
Clashes erupt between young men and the occupation forces at the northern entrance to the city of Al-Bireh. 🐝#FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/uQ5UOqXecB
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The clashes erupted amid reports of deteriorating health conditions of Palestinian prisoner Nasser Abu Hamid, a cancer patient who is serving seven life sentences in Israeli prisons.
Other protesters also sustained suffocation from gas inhalation as Israeli soldiers attacked them with teargas.
(WAFA, PC, Social Media)
