Zionist forces shoot, injure Palestinian youths in Gaza, West Bank

Zionist forces have reportedly shot and wounded two young Palestinian men in the blockaded Gaza Strip near the border with the occupied Palestinian territories, as well as the central West Bank.

Palestinian sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Israeli forces opened fire on tens of unnamed Palestinian youths and boys as the latter approached the Karni Crossing on the Occupied Palestine-Gaza barrier on Friday afternoon, Arabic-language Safa news agency reported.

A young Palestinian man sustained gunshot wounds in the leg, before a Palestinian ambulance transported him to al-Shifa Hospital in North Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City.

Separately, another Palestinian youth was injured when Israeli military forces clashed with a group of Palestinian protesters in the town of Kafr Malik, located about 17 km northeast of Ramallah.

The developments came only a few hours after Israeli military forces had shot and injured two young men during clashes in the same Palestinian town.

The two Palestinian youths were hit in the leg with live bullets, and the severity of their injuries was reported as moderate after being taken to hospital for treatment.

Also on Friday, Israeli authorities released Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar after holding her behind bars for 14 months.

Jarrar, an executive committee member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), was detained on April 2, 2015, from her home in Ramallah and initially sentenced to six months of administrative detention.

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