Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at a Palestinian citizen in the Al-Khader town in the occupied Bethlehem.

Local Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli troops shot a Palestinin vehicle driver near the Al-Khader town, claiming that he was about to carry a run over operation against an Israeli settler.

Dr. Haitham Al-Wahsh, chief physician at the Arab Society Hospital, stated that the Palestinian young man was hit by 6 Israeli bullets in the thigh and pelvis.