Thu 24-October-2024

Several injured after Israeli soldiers storm Eizariya town

Sunday 30-July-2017

22 Palestinian citizens including children suffered injuries when Israeli border soldiers stormed al-Eizariya town east of Occupied Jerusalem and attacked local residents.

The Red Crescent said its ambulance crews provided three children aged between 7 and 13 with medical assistance after they suffered rubber bullet injuries adding that 19 other citizens also suffered from inhaling tear gas.

It also said that the soldiers deliberately fired rubber bullets and tear gas at its paramedics.

Local sources affirmed that Israeli troops intensively fired volleys of tear gas and stun grenades at young men in Eizariya and also used rubber bullets against them.

No arrests have been reported during the Israeli military force’s presence in the town.

In a separate incident Israeli policemen on the same day arrested a Jerusalemite young man called Rami al-Fakhouri in the Old City. The reason for his detention is still unknown.

In Qalqilya local sources reported that Israeli soldiers detained several young men after storming a school in Azzun town.

The sources did not state if the young men were released later.

Short link:

Copied