A 12-year old Palestinian girl was shot with .22 calibre live ammunition in Ni'lin by Israeli forces on Friday afternoon, sources told Ma'an.

The girl, Summer Amira, was shot by Israeli forces as she was standing near the window of her home. Amira was shot in her lower arm, near her elbow, around 4:30pm and was taken to a hospital in Ramallah about 15 minutes afterward.

Israeli forces have been frequently using live ammunition in response to unarmed demonstrations held in Ni'lin every Friday. In the past few months, the army has been entering the village during demonstrations, as well.

On Friday, the Israeli army shot tear-gas canisters, rubber-coated bullets and .22 calibre live ammunition during a demonstration against the illegal separation wall, protesters told Ma'an in a statement.

In total, 27 persons have been shot by Israeli forces with live ammunition in Ni'lin since the mostly peaceful demonstrations began to take place each week. Since May 2008, residents of Ni'lin village have been demonstrating against construction of the separation wall. Despite being deemed illegal by the International Court of Justice in 2004, the Israelis continue to build, further annexing Palestinian land.

Ni'lin will lose approximately 2,500 dunums of agricultural land when the construction of the Wall is completed. Ni'lin consisted of 57,000 dunums in 1948, reduced to 33,000 dunums in 1967, currently is 10,000 dunums and will be 7,500 dunums after construction is complete.