Israeli forces shoot at 5-year-old's face

A five-year-old Palestinian child on Wednesday afternoon suffered a serious eye injury when Israeli soldiers fired indiscriminately rubber bullets in Issawiya district.

PIC quoted local sources as saying that the child, Mohamed Obeid, was getting off his school bus outside his parents' house when a rubber bullet hit his right eye.

The kid was rushed to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in the holy city and underwent emergency surgery.

Israeli border guard troops stormed Issawiya district and embarked on randomly firing rubber bullets as well as stun and tear gas grenades, the PIC reported.
 
Last Ramadan, another child from Issawiya had suffered a similar eye injury during an Israeli violent raid.

Senior citizens from Issawiya held last night an urgent meeting and agreed on the need to seek help from international and local human rights groups to curb such Israeli violations.

They also called for necessarily conducting an impartial investigation into the shooting incident that caused a serious eye injury to the little child.