Key facts
- Israeli forces opened fire on a Palestinian man's vehicle in Beita, south of Nablus.
- The man sustained a gunshot wound to the neck.
- The injured man is 59 years old.
- Paramedics treated the man at the scene before he was hospitalized.
Israeli forces shot and wounded a 59-year-old Palestinian man in the neck with live ammunition on Thursday evening in Beita, a town south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. The incident occurred after forces opened fire on his vehicle, according to the Wafa news agency, citing the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS).
Amid Ahmad, director of the PRCS Emergency and Ambulance Centre in Nablus, stated that ambulance crews treated the man before he was transferred to a hospital for further medical attention.