Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested a Palestinian man in Madma village, south of Nablus, after shooting him on Monday night.
Eyewitnesses said that they heard the sound of gunfire near the Madma bridge that links between Madma and Burin villages and some of them tried to approach a man who was wounded in the shooting.
They said that the soldiers prevented them from approaching then arrested the man, who was not identified.
The citizens quoted the soldiers as saying that the man was trying to threw a firebomb at an IOF patrol and that they shot him in response and hit him in his foot.
They said that another man was in the company of the wounded person but disappeared after the incident and they could not find him.