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An Israeli settler shoots and severely injures a Palestinian from point blank range during a confrontation in the At-Tuwani village in the South Hebron Hills, the latest in a series of violent attacks on West Bank Palestinians by settlers.
In a video sent by the B’Tselem human rights organization, a settler armed with an assault rifle is seen at first standing in wasteland behind a large rock with several unarmed Palestinian men close by.
The Israeli man then approaches one of the Palestinians, hits him with his rifle and despite the Palestinian taking a step or two backwards then fires at him from point-blank range at his abdomen.
An IDF soldier is then seen approaching the scene of the incident and escorts the shooter together with another individual, also apparently a settler, away from the scene.
In a subsequent video also sent by B’Tselem the man is seen bleeding from his wound but apparently conscious and being loaded into a car to take him to hospital.