Israeli Army: Soldier injured in clashes in Nablus, shooter pursued

The Israeli army said a soldier was moderately wounded during what it described as operational activity in the city of Nablus, in armed clashes between Palestinian resistance fighters and the occupation army.

The Israeli army added that it is pursuing the shooter of the soldier.

It had earlier reported the outbreak of armed clashes between resistance fighters and the occupation army after Israeli special units infiltrated the Old City of Nablus in the northern West Bank.

It clarified that military reinforcements had arrived in the vicinity of the Old City in Nablus.

In Ramallah, Fatima Khamayseh reported that "Israeli occupation forces are still continuing their operations in the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank and are continuing their search for the shooter, and are pushing military reinforcements to encircle it and arrest the shooter. There is an incursion into the Askar refugee camp east of Nablus amid talk of house raids, and clashes are heard from time to time."

She explained that what happened was "an incursion by elements of the Mista'arvim unit via two civilian trucks carrying Palestinian license plates that entered the Yasmineh neighborhood in the Old City of Nablus at dawn today, and after the youth of that area discovered these special units, they opened fire on them, which led to their retreat and a request for military reinforcements from the Israeli army."

She concluded that "occupation forces deployed snipers on the roofs of a number of buildings in the Old City simultaneously with the intensive military deployment, and gunfire is heard from time to time amid a complete siege of the area."

In a related context, the Israeli army said its forces opened fire on a Palestinian who tried to run over soldiers in the city of Hebron.

For its part, the Palestinian Red Crescent said that the occupation forces prevented its crews from reaching an injured young man in the Khallet Hadour area in central Hebron.