During a Wednesday operation to evacuate the Tzur Harel outpost in the Binyamin region, a 15-year-old Jewish teen was wounded by gunfire from a Border Police officer.
The incident occurred amid clashes that broke out during the evacuation.
The police suspect that young Jews, apparently masked, threw rocks along the road near Givat Asaf. At a certain point, the teens began throwing rocks at a Border Police car that drove by. A reservist who felt in danger opened fire in response.
A security source stated that this was a "regrettable incident," in his words, and that the reservist believed they were Palestinians and fired into the air. "After that, they began throwing stones at him, and he fired in their direction—only then realizing that they were Jewish youths. This is a tragic incident with no intention whatsoever to harm Jewish youths."
An eyewitness told Arutz Sheva-Israel National News: "I was driving from Givat Asaf toward Beit El and saw a Border Police officer who had stopped on the side. He got out of a civilian vehicle, and I saw him aiming his weapon—then he fired and hit near a Jewish teen who was there. The teen had sidelocks and a large kippah—apparently, he had thrown stones. I immediately reported it to the dispatch center."
Magen David Adom medics arriving at the scene administered initial treatment and evacuated the teen to a hospital.