Israeli troops on Saturday night shot and wounded three Palestinians in the village of Hosan near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, medics and local sources said.

The sources said that the three wounded Palestinians were in a car that drove in the village, adding that an Israeli army force opened fire at the car and hit its riders. Medics said that one of the three is in critical conditions.

The sources added that the Israeli army closed the area of the incident and imposed a curfew on the village, adding that Israeli soldiers stormed several homes in the village.

Earlier on Saturday, two Palestinian workers were injured when Israeli soldiers opened fire at their car near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, one of them was seriously injured.

Also on Saturday morning, six Palestinians, including two militants and four civilians were injured when an Israeli army force fired several artillery shells at an area east of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis.

(Xinhua News Agency February 21, 2010)