131 Palestinians were injured on Friday after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas bombs at Palestinian protestors to quell the anti-settlement marches in several areas of the West Bank.
Local sources reported that the IOF soldiers fired rubber-coated bullets and tear gas bombs leaving more than a hundred Palestinians injured and causing breathing problems to others during violent clashes that erupted in Beita and Beit Dajan villages in Nablus in addition to Kafr Qaddoum and Azzun villages in Qalqilya.
According to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society 131 Palestinians were injured including an ambulance officer who was wounded in the face with a tear gas bomb while 9 Palestinians were hit with rubber-coated metal bullets. 117 Palestinians suffered breathing problems it added.
In a related incident Jewish settlers fired live bullets at Palestinians at the entrance of Azzun village and violently removed Palestinian flags.
Moreover Jewish settlers protected by IOF soldiers stormed the water spring of Qaryut village south of Nablus igniting confrontations with local youths.
“The water spring is the main source of water for Palestinian civilians in the village of Qaryut” Bashar Qaryuti a local anti-settlement activist pointed out stressing the importance of confronting the Israeli settlement expansion plans.
