West Bank: Israeli soldiers wound youth and assault teenager in raid near Ramallah Israeli soldiers raided a town near Ramallah on Wednesday and shot and injured a young man as well as assaulting a teenager, Wafa news agency reported on Wednesday. Local sources told Wafa that an Israeli soldiers stormed Silwad and shot and injured a young man before detaining him. They also assaulted a 15-year-old and briefly detained him during the raid. Silwad - which is home to many American Palestinians has been consistently targeted by Israeli settlers and soldiers. On 30 October, Israeli soldiers killed Yamen Hamed Yousef Hamed. On July 31 Khamis al-Ayyad, 40, of Chicago died of smoke inhalation after Israeli settlers in West Bank set homes and cars on fire. Israeli soldiwers have also carried out raids in the nearby towns of Deir Jarir and Al-Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya.