Source: MENA (Egyptian News Agency) & Palsolidarity, 10-5-2007
Ramallah: "Israeli" occupation troops opened fire at a pregnant woman seriously injuring her in her belly and killing her unborn child during fierce clashes with Palestinian resistance elements inside Baytal-Maa camp in west Nablus at dawn Thursday [10 May].
Palestinian medial sources in the northern West Bank city of Nablus said "Israeli" troops shot Maha Qatuni, 29, inside here home in the camp. The bullet penetrated her abdomen and directly hit the foetus' head, the sources said.
Qatuni underwent surgery and her condition is critical after having lost a lot of blood while waiting for permission by "Israeli" authorities to allow the ambulance to carry her to the hospital.
Meantime, 15 Palestinians were arrested in the West Bank claiming they were wanted, according to the "Israeli" radio.
"Israeli" troops besieged a house in Al-Shawawra village in east Bethlehem in the West Bank.