JERUSALEM: The Palestinian Red Crescent said that 10 Palestinians were injured on Saturday in clashes with Israeli settlers near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.
“Ten injuries during settler attacks in the Khala’il Al-Luz area south of Bethlehem, including one injury from live ammunition, and nine injuries from beatings,” the rescue service said in a statement.
The Israeli army said in a joint statement with the police that its forces “were dispatched to the outskirts of Bethlehem, following a report of a violent confrontation between Israeli civilians and Palestinians.”
The clashes involved “stone hurling between Palestinians and Israelis at the scene, as well as gunfire in the area toward the Palestinians,” the statement said.
To halt the clashes, Israeli forces employed “crowd dispersal methods” and declared a “closed military zone in the area,” the military said.
