This article was originally published by the Ma'an News Agency and is republished with permission.

On Wednesday, Israel forces shot and injured four Palestinians south of Nablus, near the Kfar Tuppuah settlement.

One youth, identified as 15-year-old Layth Saleh Muhammad Hamayel is in critical condition at the Nablus hospital after sustaining two gunshot wounds to the leg. He was evacuated by Red Crescent medical crews who have not been able to reach the other three victims.

According to Saleh two other youth were taken by Israeli police, reportedly to a hospital in Israel. Saleh identified another boy, also allegedly injured, as 15-year-old Maher Fawzi Ahmad Hamayel.