Dozens of Palestinian citizens including a child and a journalist were injured on Friday when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) quelled several demonstrations in the West Bank.
Local sources said that the IOF violently attacked a peaceful demonstration in Kafr Qaddoum village in Qalqilya injuring two Palestinians.
Activist Murad Shtewi said that an Israeli army bulldozer attacked the demonstrators by pushing large rocks towards them injuring 9-year-old Moamen Shtewi and journalist Mohammed Enaya 29.
Shtewi was provided first aid in the field and Enaya was transferred to a hospital for treatment.
In Nablus about 40 Palestinian citizens were injured by IOF rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas canisters in the southern village of Asira al-Qibliya.
In al-Khalil the IOF dispersed an anti-settlement demonstration attacked Palestinian citizens with batons and rifle butts injuring a number of them and arrested a Palestinian youth identified as Mahmoud Warasneh 19.
Meanwhile in Ramallah dozens of Palestinians took to the streets in Ni’lin village to take part in the weekly demonstration against the settlement.
Scores of protesters were injured when the IOF quelled the demonstration with live ammunition stun grenades and tear gas canisters.
