JERUSALEM: Israeli occupation forces Thursday morning opened fire at three Palestinian young men near Al-Zaeem military checkpoint, east of occupied Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses told WAFA correspondent that the occupation forces opened fire at the three young men at the aforementioned checkpoint, claiming that they had opened fire at the soldiers at the place.
The Israeli police claimed that a soldier was killed and eight others were wounded in the shooting at the checkpoint.
The occupation forces closed Al-Za’im checkpoint, which separates the city of Jerusalem from its east, causing traffic on the roads leading to the south of the West Bank and the towns and villages of south and east Jerusalem.
The Israeli army also closed the Container military checkpoint east of Abu Dis, and two Al-Za’im checkpoints east of Jerusalem to pedestrians and vehicles, and set up flying checkpoints in Silwan, Ras Al-Amud, Al-Tur, Al-Issawiya, and Shuafat.
Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA