Israeli soldiers shoot at Palestinians crossing illegal separation wall, wounding one

Israeli soldiers opened fire on several Palestinians and wounded a 30-year-old man on Monday evening in a town north of Jerusalem, Wafa news agency reported. 

The man was shot in the leg near the separation wall in the town of al-Ram. 

The incident happened after Israeli soldiers chased several workers near the separation wall and then suddenly opened fire on them. 

Since the beginning of the year, Israeli soldiers have killed 15 workers who have crossed the wall to get to work, according to data from the General Federation of Palestinian Trade Unions.

Hundreds more have been detained by Israeli police.

Before Israel’s war on Gaza began after the 7 October 2023 attack, at least 390,000 Palestinians worked in Israel. But after the war, many of their work permits were "revoked". Some have continued to risk their lives for temporary work. Since October 2023, the federation has recorded 42 workers being killed and 32,000 people being detained by the Israeli army. 

The International Court of Justice, in an Advisory Opinion in July 2004, deemed the wall illegal and called on Israel to dismantle it.