Six Palestinians were shot and injured while dozens others suffered teargas inhalation problems after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) suppressed the West Bank’s weekly anti-settlement marches on Friday afternoon.
Local sources reported that 6 Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets fired by the IOF soldiers while quelling the Kafr Qaddoum weekly march in Qalqilya. Several other citizens were treated for teargas inhalation.
In Nablus clashes broke out in the vicinity of Mt. Sbeih in Beita village south of the city
The clashes erupted when IOF troops attacked local residents while performing the Friday prayer.
Similar clashes also erupted in Beit Dajan town amid heavy firing of teargas bombs and rubber bullets.
In al-Khalil IOF attacked the anti-settlement march in Yatta town and prevented foreign activists’ entry to the town.
Along the same line at least one worker was injured after Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian workers at Tarqumiya military checkpoint while on their way to their work places within the Green Line.
On a weekly basis Palestinians hold demonstrations against illegal Jewish settlements in different parts of the West Bank especially in Beita Beit Dajan and Kafr Qaddoum villages.
Israeli and Palestinian estimates indicate there are about 650000 settlers living in 164 settlements and 116 outposts in the West Bank including in Occupied Jerusalem.
Under international law all Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are considered illegal.
