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Dozens injured in IOF quelling of West Bank protests

Friday 21-August-2020

Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Friday when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) violently dispersed several anti-settlement demonstrations in the West Bank.

Local sources said that the IOF quelled demonstrations in Tulkarem al-Khalil Qalqilya Ramallah and Salfit injuring dozens of peaceful protesters.

The demonstrators performed the Friday prayers on privately-owned lands threatened with confiscation in favor of settlement expansion projects then they took to the streets in different villages and towns chanting slogans against the settlement and the recent peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.

The IOF attacked the demonstrators with rubber-coated metal bullets tear gas canisters and stun grenades. No serious injuries were reported.

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Dozens injured in IOF quelling of West Bank protests

Friday 14-February-2020

Scores of Palestinian citizens were injured on Friday when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) violently quelled demonstrations in several West Bank areas against the settlement and the “deal of the century”.

Local sources said that violent clashes broke out between Palestinian protesters and IOF soldiers following demonstrations in different villages and towns in Ramallah al-Khalil and Qalqilya.

The IOF attacked the peaceful protesters with live ammunition rubber-coated metal bullets stun grenades and tear gas canisters injuring dozens of them.

The Palestinian protesters responded by throwing stones and burning tires.

In Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil the IOF climbed the rooftops of Palestinian homes assaulted their residents and installed a checkpoint at the entrance of the town.

Hundreds of Palestinians on Friday took to the streets in the West Bank to protest the recent “peace plan” announced by the US president Donald Trump which is known as the “deal of the century” and the ongoing settlement expansion on seized Palestinian land.

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Dozens injured in IOF quelling of West Bank protests

Tuesday 26-November-2019

Dozens of Palestinian citizens were injured on Tuesday when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked demonstrations in different West Bank areas against the US latest announcement on the settlement construction and the death of a Palestinian political prisoner in Israeli jails due to medical neglect.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that at least 77 Palestinians were injured by IOF bullets and tear gas bombs in protests in al-Bireh Bethlehem Jerusalem al-Khalil Tulkarem Nablus and Ramallah.

Palestinian national factions in the West Bank organized mass demonstrations on Tuesday to voice their rejection of the US announcement that it no longer considers the Israeli settlements as illegal under international law and protest the death of the Palestinian detainee Sami Abu Diak in Israeli jails as a result of medical negligence.

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