Dozens of Palestinians sustained injuries as Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired rubber bullets and tear gas shells to disperse anti-settlement rallies in different areas in the West Bank.
In a statement the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and field activists said medical teams treated 22 Palestinians in Beit Dajan and Beita protests in Nablus including five rubber bullet injuries.
Violent clashes broke out in Jabal Sabih in Beita town after IOF soldiers stormed the area. The soldiers fired teargas and sound bombs at the protesters.
In Kafr Qaddoum east of Qalqilya three Palestinians were wounded by rubber bullets during confrontations with the IOF. A local youngster was arrested during the events.
Dozens others also suffered from their exposure to teargas intensively fired by the IOF soldiers.
In al-Khalil a number of citizens were injured after the IOF attacked a peaceful march commemorating the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre.
Among the injured were several journalists local sources said.
Local sources reported that a march started from Ali al-Bakka Mosque towards the Ibrahimi Mosque and Bab al-Zawiya in the center of al-Khalil.
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 650000 Jewish settlers living in 164 settlements and 116 outposts in the West Bank including in Occupied Jerusalem.
Under international law all Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are considered illegal.
