Palestinian youth injured in Israeli shooting in a-Khalil

A Palestinian young man Thursday sustained leg injuries after he was shot an Israeli soldier near the Israeli illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba, in the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil.

Israeli media sources claimed the Palestinian young man was shot after attempting to grab a weapon from an Israeli border soldier at the entrance to a military post near the settlement.

They added that the young man was slightly injured and was taken in for interrogation.