Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Friday in clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in different areas of the occupied West Bank over the US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
A large demonstration was launched in the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque in which the participants raised banners condemning the US move.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF violently quelled marches in al-Wad area in Occupied Jerusalem assaulted Palestinian protesters and arrested a press photographer named Amin Siam.
Violent confrontations broke out at the northern entrance to al-Bireh city where dozens of Palestinians including a press photographer chocked on tear gas.
WAFA news agency reported that the IOF soldiers brutally assaulted a paramedic and arrested a Palestinian youth after he was wounded with a rubber bullet in the head during the clashes.
A number of Palestinians were also injured by the IOF gunfire in protests organized in Budrus village to the west of Ramallah city.
The PIC reporter said that three Palestinians were injured with rubber-coated metal bullets while two others suffered live bullet injuries in the confrontations that erupted at the northern entrance to Bethlehem city.
Other clashes flared up in al-Arroub refugee camp Bab al-Zawiya area and Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil province following mass demonstrations organized by Islamic and national forces.
The IOF opened fire at a Palestinian vehicle in Halhul town in al-Khalil which as the Hebrew website “0404” claimed attempted a car-ramming attack against Israeli soldiers.
Clashes extended to the south of Sa’ir town and to the northwest of Halhul where the IOF soldiers fired tear gas canisters and rubber and live bullets at the Palestinian youths who responded by throwing stones.
According to the PIC reporter two Palestinian youths were injured one of them seriously with rubber-coated metal bullets in confrontations with the IOF in Salfit.
Dozens of suffocation cases were reported in violent clashes in different areas of Qalqilya.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that other clashes broke out in Azzun town to the east of Qalqilya city and that the IOF soldiers blocked the main entrance to the town and attacked the Palestinian citizens with tear gas canisters.
Similar confrontations were witnessed at Huwara checkpoint Beit Furik town and Deir Sharaf town in Nablus province.
The IOF arrested two Palestinian youths at the Beit Furik entrance handcuffed them and took them to an unknown destination according to eyewitnesses.
The PIC reporter said that seven Palestinian youths were injured in clashes with the IOF soldiers who broke into al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village to the south of Nablus and fired tear gas canisters at the Palestinian citizens’ houses.
Director of the emergency department at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Nablus Ahmad Jibril told Wafa news agency that ten Palestinians were injured with rubber bullets in the confrontations that erupted in Beita town to the south of Nablus.
Jibril added that two Palestinians were injured after being shot with live bullets six others suffered rubber-coated metal bullet wounds while dozens choked on tear gas in Huwara clashes.
In the same context violent clashes broke out between Palestinian protesters and the IOF in Tammun town to the east of Tubas city local sources reported.
Clashes escalated in the vicinity of Kadoorie university in Tulkarem after a mass demonstration protesting the US decision arrived at the western entrance to the city.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers closed the entrance and heavily fired sound bombs and tear gas canisters at the demonstrators.
The Israeli soldiers severely assaulted a number of Palestinian citizens and journalists and prevented them from approaching the checkpoint area.
Meanwhile in Jenin many Palestinians suffered breathing difficulties after inhaling tear gas in the clashes that flared up in Silat ad-Dhahr village.
Local sources said that the IOF soldiers fired live bullets and tear gas canisters at the Palestinian youths who responded by throwing stones and setting tires on fire.
