HRW reveals that research assistant was injured by rubber bullets

An observer for Human Rights Watch was wounded by rubber bullets from Israeli security forces and possibly live fire at a demonstration on 6 October in the West Bank, the organisation said on Sunday.

The woman was at the protest outside Ramallah in the early hours of 6 October when two rubber-coated steel bullets hit her flak jacket, the US-based group said, without revealing her identity. A third bullet, apparently live, either grazed her hand or exploded nearby, sending shrapnel into her hand.