AL-KHALIL (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) violently attacked on Friday afternoon peaceful Palestinian protestors in Al-Khalil city marking the 19th anniversary of the massacre of the Ibrahimi Mosque.
The protestors also demanded the Israeli occupation authority to reopen Al-Shuhada’a street which has been closed since 1994 in the wake of the massacre.
The IOF fired a hail of tear gas grenades and rubber bullets randomly to disperse the Palestinian rally and physically attacked several demonstrators. Several injuries took place.
Israeli soldiers detained Ibrahim Al-Heih after beating him and a family of eight members was rushed to hospital after two tear gas canisters fell into their apartment according to eyewitnesses.
Israeli soldiers detained Ibrahim Al-Heih after beating him and a family of eight members was rushed to hospital after two tear gas canisters fell into their apartment according to eyewitnesses.
A tear gas grenade also exploded inside a home in the Jabal Juhar area injuring several family members.
The Ibrahimi Mosque massacre was a shooting attack carried out by American-born Jewish settler Baruch Goldstein a member of the extremist Israeli Kach movement who opened fire on unarmed Palestinian Muslims praying inside the Mosque on February 25 1994.
