Live fire hurts 2 Palestinians in W. Bank clashes

23.02.2013                      13.Adar. 5773                      Tezaweh; Paraschat Sachor

Westjordanland:

Live fire hurts 2 Palestinians in W. Bank clashes

IDF source says 2 rioters hurt by Israeli live fire; activists gather throughout West Bank in solidarity with hunger-strikers.

Two Palestinian rioters were shot with Israeli live bullets as clashes in the West Bank continued on Friday evening.
The two were wounded by what an army source described as precision live fire, one in Beitunia and one in Hebron. The source said that the fire was directed at the legs of ring leaders and lightly wounded the two. The type of weapon used, according to the source, was a .22 caliber rifle. Both instances of live fire were approved by commanders in the field….