Israeli troops on Thursday shot and wounded a physically disabled Palestinian man during an arrest operation in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, a prisoners’ rights group said.
32-year-old Motazz Obaidu, was “seriously wounded by Israeli army gunfire during an arrest operation” at dawn, the Ramallah-based Prisoners Club said, describing him as “physically disabled” without expatiating.
Local residents said the arrest took place at Obaidu’s shop.
The Israeli army also confirmed that a man had been shot after he turned violent during an arrest operation, but said nothing about his physical appearance.
“During the apprehension, the Palestinian suspect… began to act violently, throwing an axe, a gas canister and a wheelbarrow at soldiers, injuring two of them,” a spokeswoman said.
“He then attempted to steal one of the soldiers’ weapons. The soldiers fired towards him to stop him and he was lightly injured,” she said, adding that Obaidu was treated at the scene and then taken to an Israeli hospital.
