227 Palestinians were injured on Friday afternoon when clashes erupted in Beita and Beit Dajan towns east of Nablus city.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said that medical teams treated one person with live bullets 28 with rubber-coated bullets in addition to 147 others who suffered from teargas inhalation in Beita town due to the Israeli occupation forces’ (IOF) assault.
In Beit Dajan town three Palestinians were injured with rubber-coated bullets and 18 with tear gas bombs.
One of the injured was a boy who was hit in his eye and was shifted to hospital for treatment in Nablus. A journalist was also among the injured.
Similar clashes broke out at the Qalandia military checkpoint north of Occupied Jerusalem.
The clashes erupted when the IOF closed the military checkpoint and prevented Palestinian movement in both directions.
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 750000 settlers living in 164 settlements and 116 outposts in the West Bank including in Occupied Jerusalem.
Under international law all Jewish settlements in occupied territories are considered illegal.
